http://www.medications.com/effect/view/40522 I am generally classed as an active, happy and positive person, loving life.... but the last 4 months have been a blinking nightmare.... It seems we all pretty much have the same symptoms, horrid shoulder pain, muscle soreness, spasms, feet and generally f Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:56:52 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/40522?item=18760 I stopped taking this dangerous drug in 2-08 . . . . although a few side effects are better, I still have many side effects . . . . . nerve/joint/muscle, etc. I have been taking many natural products to help them. I have read that it can take l-2 years to http://www.medications.com/effect/view/40522?item=18760 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:46:56 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/40522?item=18815 Neuromuscular symptoms are side efects from cholesterol lowering drugs. Anywhere you have nerves and muscles can be affected. Recovery from statin poisoning can take weeks, to months, to years. And like 777 said, some people never fully recover. By http://www.medications.com/effect/view/40522?item=18815 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:27:50 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/40522?item=18851 I am 50 this summer. I just posted after taking only 6 weeks of Lipitor. My posting is just above you. Let me know if you hear of you light at the end of this burning and tingling tunnel. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/40522?item=18851 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:44:26 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/40522?item=18898 I too was only on this drug for 4 months when my AST and ALT levels went up to almost 400 from the 30 they had been. Also, I had severe arm and leg weakness--could hardly climb stairs, couldn't get up from a kneeling position, couldn't start my lawnmower. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/40522?item=18898