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I've been taking Lipitor 40 mg. for over a year. A few months ...

Posted at 8:35 PM on Jun 22, 2009 by zephyr1334, #42502
I've been taking Lipitor 40 mg. for over a year. A few months after, I started to notice my ankles were swelling a little bit. I attributed it to the warmer summer weather in Florida. It continued through the winter along with pins & needles on my soles and heels, and my doctor said it wasn't caused by Lipitor. After a 10 hr. flight to Europe in May, my ankles & feet were extremely swollen and painful. It hurt to just touch my ankles and feet. Even my toes were swollen. Bought compression stockings but it did not help. Walking on cobblestones was unbearable. I took my last Lipitor pill on May 30th. Ankle pain is gone and the swelling has reduced a little but the pins & needles feeling is still here. Ankles look good in the a.m. but as the day progresses, the swelling increases. I don't know what to think! My only choice, I feel, is to wait it out and hope the swelling & tingling goes away. Anyone else with these side effects?
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Reply 5 months ago on Jun 22, 2009 by 777, #20864

Good that you stopped taking this dangerous drug before you had more problems. Unfortunately, the drs. and the drug co's have a SCAM going on the anti-cholesterol drugs . . . it is all about big $$ business and many people suffer. I stopped taking this POISON 16 mos. ago and I still have side effects. . . .Don't let your dr. to con you . . your mind/body needs cholesterol to function.

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Reply 5 months ago on Jun 24, 2009 by bobby, #20928

Cholesterol is vital to proper neurological function.

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