Lipitor Cause Stiffness, Muscle Stiffness, Fish Oil, Neurologist, Vitamin D
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My mother was taking Lipitor for several years. She began to have falls and was hospitalized with no diagnosis. She is in a wheelchair and has lost all ability to function independently. We went without diagnosis until recently when it was determined ... more »
My mother was taking Lipitor for several years. She began to have falls and was hospitalized with no diagnosis. She is in a wheelchair and has lost all ability to function independently. We went without diagnosis until recently when it was determined that she is in advanced stages of Parkinsons. There is no history of this disease in her genes. Has anyone else developed Parkinsons following use of this drug?
Hasina - dear kattypollard,my father was on lipitor for 8 years and since this time we have seen many neurologist,muscle specialist and prescribed him parkinsons disease medicine Medopar,Senement,Apomophine by injection in his stomach,and last one Sifral with no effect at all ,now since he quit the lipitor for more than 2 years he muscle stiffness is subside and the last neurologist we have seen was last week ,he stopped Sifral for Parkinsons and said it is not Parkinson disease at all and now Dr said it is a new disease with no cure. after long research i am convinced it is lipitor side effect ,imagine anyone who took lipitor end up with this type of side effect ,i wouldn't think your mum would have Parkinson disease but Parkinson like symptom which is caused by lipitor.My father condition is fluctuate like up and down but Parkinson disease is now rule out, so could be your mum also same as my father ,my father also can not manage his problem by himself like getting shower,going toilet or walking independently he also need wheelchair ,his main problem is now very low energy that is why he can not manage his work.it takes time to repair the body not straight away consider coq10, fish oil. the main cause of fall is low vitamin D level check her blood for this as well as magnesium which is low level cause stiffness of muscle and twisting.by the way my dad also had fall many times and when we check his vitamin D level, were 14 which is minimum has to be 80 in Australian standard he still taking vitamin D and is fall improved. good luck
Oldcarpetcleaner - I was having falls and "wobbles" all the time at aged 50. I also lost coordination to the extent of getting no 1s and no 2s over myself when I went to the toilet. Is mom showing other signs of statin poisoning, vision, hearing, memory, fatigue, pains, bruise type welts, agitation? I know a fellow whose legs flop like a cow with mad cow disease the last time i saw him he could only walk a short distance with a stick, I have no doubt he is wheel chair bound.. Good luck with helping mother's recovery.
Jal1 - Yes. My Father was started on Lipitor around 2002 and we soon noticed that his usual way of striding out when walking was diminishing to a shuffle. Also, having been a technical author who had created his last vast book on a computer at the age of 71, he suddenly got confused about how to turn the computer on. By 2006 his Dr diagnosed him with Parkinson's Type disease. There is no history of PD in his family, so we were all rather surprised. Sadly things just got worse, he lost movement in his arms, hands and legs and he could barely talk. We had to put him in a nursisng home, and finally his swallow reflex went. He got an infection in his lungs and died last May 2009.
Having read further about statins, I am convinced that it was the Lipitor he was taking that caused his PD.
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12345anonymous12345 - My father developed Parkinson's Disease shortly after quitting Lipitor, which he had been taking for about a year. He had markers for PD before starting Lipitor and so I don't think Lipitor caused his PD but I suspect that Lipitor may have triggered PD onset or made it more likely. I can't help but wonder if PD onset might not have happened had he never taken Lipitor. I really wish researchers would look at this Lipitor-PD connection more extensively than they have.
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