http://www.medications.com/se/Welchol Recent side effects for Welchol Sat, 10 May 2008 11:56:47 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/30353 Been taking Welchol for 1 month,started two weeks after starting Welchol, pain in my right shoulder,constipation, muscle aches,indigestion,nausea accidental injury,weakness,flu-like symptoms,went to doctor yesterday,he brought out a book showing only one s http://www.medications.com/effect/view/30353 Mon, 05 May 2008 13:07:32 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/30201 i've been taking Welchol - 2 tabs morning and 2 at night - As with the statins, the muscles in my upper arms hurt so bad that I can't sleep, can hardly hold the leash to walk my dog and NOW (after taking Welchol) I am getting pain in my foot and knee. My http://www.medications.com/effect/view/30201 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:51:00 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29770 I've been taking welchol for a little over a month... I notice that my stomach got bigger (is this what you call bloating) in a month's times... my whole body i still small. Also I always have gas...usually this happens when I drink regular milk (lactose i http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29770 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:32:33 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28377 In 2002 I was on Lipitor for around two and a half years, my muscle deterioration was so bad, fatigue, weakness, ED and joint pain. Doctor took me off and put me on Welchol after about two weeks I felt so much better, continued on Welchol up until about th http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28377 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:20:53 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28082 I just started using a prescription of Welchol. After two days, I am seriously thinking of discontinuing taking it. I am not prone to anxiety at all, and since I started using this, I have some anxiety and I am generally uncomfortable. Some gas and con http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28082 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:47:41 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28005 I have read all of the symptoms on this page and have many of them. I too was on all of the statins but had to stop due to terrible muscle aches, pain and fatigue. This is my second attempt at Welchol and the same as before lower back and hip pain, foot pa http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28005 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:35:43 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26285 gas, flatulence, bloating, all are a part of taking Welchol. I have to take it because it is the only relief I have found for IBS. My cholesterol is fine. Dr. put me on Welchol and I have (with help from stool softeners occasionally) been keeping in und http://www.medications.com/effect/view/26285 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:31:04 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25543 Horrible nauseating pain in my hip, lower leg, upper shoulder and waist. I am getting of of it to see. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/25543 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:35:53 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/23134 I had trouble breathing, my throat burned, my eyes watered and I was constantly coughing. Finally I realized that I had just started my job in a backward workplace that still allowed smoking about two weeks after I began using Welchol. I worked with our ci http://www.medications.com/effect/view/23134 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:34:21 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/22256 I have been on Welchol about 21/2 months. I have bloating and lots of gas.indegestion, acid reflux, headache in back of head. I thought was a sinus headache. Not sure now. Just called my Dr. about blood work after reading all remarks.Watch out for the othe http://www.medications.com/effect/view/22256 Wed, 23 May 2007 13:08:55 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/21643 This is my second try with Welchol. I have stopped this med because of headaches. Is anyone else having headache problems? Do they subside with continued use? http://www.medications.com/effect/view/21643 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:10:12 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/20584 i started taking welchol a week ago, and now i am having muscle aches, weakness and black, tarry stools. according to my doc, this med has no side effects-- i just think it is a coincidence that i am now feeling this way after taking this, and i was fine b http://www.medications.com/effect/view/20584 Mon, 19 Feb 2007 06:26:35 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/19910 I have been taking Welchol for a week and a half. I have noticed a little dizziness and some muscle pain. I don't seem to have much energy either. Sleeping is what I want to do most these days. Not good. Just wanted to share my side effects with you.. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/19910 Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:47:44 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/14509 Pain in knee and foot. Pain during walking so I had to limp. I am taking Welchol 625 mg. 3 tablets two times a day after meal, total 6 tablets a day. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/14509 Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:21:42 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/14181 Frequent, urgent urination with slight burning sensation. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/14181 Tue, 28 Feb 2006 01:45:46 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/13384 I have been on Zuccor and Lipitor, had severe leg cramps and also in the hand. I have not noticed any side effects with Welchol, I have been taking it for at least 8 months now. But my sleeping is not that good, 2 hours a night does not seem enough. Zuccor http://www.medications.com/effect/view/13384 Sun, 01 Jan 2006 19:09:01 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/12205 i don't knoe if welchol is my problem but i have been on this for two years and i have back pain pain in my joints and now have developed pain left side of my neck. could welchol be the problem? http://www.medications.com/effect/view/12205 Sat, 31 Dec 2005 16:24:55 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/12192 Has anybody every heard of memory loss while taking Welchol. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/12192 Tue, 25 Oct 2005 06:52:58 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/11416 severe bloating , hot all tne time http://www.medications.com/effect/view/11416 Thu, 06 Oct 2005 08:19:09 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/11181 stiffness in neck muscles -leg weakness http://www.medications.com/effect/view/11181 Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:50:38 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/10976 I've been taking Welchol for about 6 wks. in this time I have had urinarie infection, constipation with blood , gas, and some headaches. I've been unable to take the crestor it made me sick at my stomach. Zocor and Lipator effects my sleep pattern and cau http://www.medications.com/effect/view/10976 Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:24:17 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/9670 I have been taking 3 welchol in the am and 3 in the pm for many many years. I take it for bile salt diahrea - and it is wonderful - NO side effects at all - stops the diahhrea. It is notindicated for this, but thank GOD my doctor put me on it INSTEAD of http://www.medications.com/effect/view/9670 Fri, 27 May 2005 07:34:01 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/9010 Also had blood in stool and not sure about this one, but I was looking back over the short period I took WELCHOL and I notice an unusual pattern of aggressive behavior. I normally have more patience than I exhibited but it was so unusual that I had a http://www.medications.com/effect/view/9010 Fri, 29 Apr 2005 19:24:48 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/8772 I have been on this drug for about 2 months and now I can hardly walk. my knees are very stiff and painful. my doctor tells me it is arthiritis. I want to go off this drug! http://www.medications.com/effect/view/8772 Thu, 03 Feb 2005 08:59:44 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/7595 I have been taking Welchol for about two years, I have not attributed some of these side effects to Welchol untill I now but I have irregular heart beats, severe gas, pain in my left hip, trouble sleeping and recently hyperthyodism with a goiter. I be http://www.medications.com/effect/view/7595 Sun, 09 May 2004 10:40:07 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/4673 I started taking Welchol about 45 days ago because my PPO would not approve ZETIA (Ezetimibe). From the samples of ZETIA my overall, high, and low levels improved. Before ZETIA I was on lipitor. I stopped lipitor because of upper back and neck pain. I did http://www.medications.com/effect/view/4673 Tue, 27 Apr 2004 08:33:12 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/4543 I have been on Zocor, Lipator and now I have been on Welchol for over a year and then the Dr, added Zieta as a booster....It seem s to have lowered my cholestral to about 210, but I have severe lower leg cramps. I thought it was a form of arthroitis, but http://www.medications.com/effect/view/4543 Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:46:23 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/4481 I took Welchol to lower my cholesterol and expereinced severe loss. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/4481 Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:41:53 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/4480 I took Welchol to lower cholesterol approximately five months and the side affect was "serious hair loss". Therefore, please add "hair loss" as one of the side affects. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/4480 Sun, 21 Mar 2004 01:49:36 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/4107 AFTER ONE WEEK ON WELCHOL I GOT STOMACK CRAMPS, GAS, AND LOWER BACK PAINS. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/4107 Sun, 25 Jan 2004 04:52:18 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/3641 This drug has the same effects as all of the statin drugs and I have been on them all! I will not be crippled by medicine. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/3641 Sat, 02 Aug 2003 15:35:57 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/2731 I have stomach cramps. The stomach cramps are uncomfortable, but not unbearable. However, I have been taking this prescription for just 2 months. What to do? Because my cholesterol is not going down very fast, and my triglycerides are so high, my dr. has a http://www.medications.com/effect/view/2731 Sat, 02 Aug 2003 14:48:54 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/2730 leg and muscle pain http://www.medications.com/effect/view/2730 Tue, 24 Jun 2003 21:00:14 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/2449 Teriible lower back pain and hip pain each morning after sleeping. I am not one to lie awake at night, and typically do not wake up all night. When I "try" to get out of bed in the morning, I can hardley move. Now my fingers are stiff and I can barely b http://www.medications.com/effect/view/2449 Thu, 14 Aug 2003 12:42:44 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/2333 I have been on WelChol for about a week I feel bloated and have cramps on my lower legs. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/2333 Tue, 10 Jun 2003 11:26:48 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/2290 When I take Welchol, my whole body is wrenching in pain from the muscle spasm, stomach pain, and I can't sleep from the pain. My body feels as if someone has taken it and just twisted it from my legs up. My doctor prescribed me to take 2 tablets 3 x per http://www.medications.com/effect/view/2290 Sat, 07 Jun 2003 12:55:07 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/2262 Watch out for gallstones and gall bladder problems. Welchol binds, supposedly, with bile salts and they are also part of gallstones and can cause a real mess! http://www.medications.com/effect/view/2262 Sat, 07 Jun 2003 09:12:57 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/2261 HAVE BEEN ON WELCHOL FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS. AT FIRST THERE WERE NO SIDE EFFECTS, NOW I HAVE BLOOD IN MY STOOL AND IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE.DONT KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO GO AWAY OR IF I SHOULD STOP TAKING THE WELCHOL.ANY ONE ELSE HAVE AN OPINION? http://www.medications.com/effect/view/2261 Mon, 19 May 2003 08:20:43 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/2042 My blood pressure has risen since I am on Welchol. any one else mentioned this. stopping it to see if pressure goes down http://www.medications.com/effect/view/2042 Sun, 27 Oct 2002 05:06:31 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/1741 insomnia sleep depredation http://www.medications.com/effect/view/1741 Sun, 27 Oct 2002 15:51:02 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/1738 nauseated, swelling & stomach cramps http://www.medications.com/effect/view/1738 Wed, 27 Nov 2002 08:35:58 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/1589 Are upper limb weakness, muscle pains (like rheumatism) joint discomfort side effects of Welchol. I started on this medication 3 weeks ago, and have had these problems every one or two days. Unlike when I took most of the statin antihyperlipidemics, http://www.medications.com/effect/view/1589 Mon, 02 Dec 2002 07:39:09 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/1564 I took Welchol for about a week. Then, one morning, after taking it with my oatmeal, about half an hour later, I started feeling dizzy. I had to stop what I was doing and lie down. The dizziness kept getting worse and worse until the room was spinning out http://www.medications.com/effect/view/1564 Mon, 09 Dec 2002 07:26:39 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/1494 lhise@esper.com After a week and a half I developed a back ache. Then my knee joints ached to the point of immobility. And now, terrible lethargy. I would be happy to stay in bed all day. I have no proof that that the Welchol and symptoms are related. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/1494 Tue, 17 Dec 2002 19:23:08 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/1371 I started welchol 1 yr ago at the age of 40.I got lower back aches, muscle crampping,constapation and stopped taking it. My HCP said that it does not cause it and I started it again.My backaches came back with alot of other pains and muscle cramping.I suff http://www.medications.com/effect/view/1371 Fri, 27 Dec 2002 09:38:52 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/1273 I have been taking Welchol since the middle of November 2002. Previously I had been on various "statin" drugs but was removed after diagnosed with Pancreatitis (from the drugs only!) I do not drink alchol or smoke! After being removed from the statin dru http://www.medications.com/effect/view/1273 Thu, 06 Feb 2003 08:55:17 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/1038 Muscle weakeness and tingling in legs and arm..weakeness. I also experienced dizziness. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/1038 Thu, 06 Feb 2003 20:34:08 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/1032 I take hydrochlorothiazide (a diuretic) to keep BP low. My first dose of Welchol (3 tablets at mealtime) produced excruciating pain in my feet after about 2 hours. Lesser pains progressed up my legs in the next few days until they reached my hips. Now 2 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/1032 Tue, 18 Feb 2003 10:21:26 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/934 tremendous constipation and awful gas!!! http://www.medications.com/effect/view/934 Tue, 18 Feb 2003 19:25:37 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/918 Side effects don't usually appear with me for about 90 days. Tried statins, muscle pain became severe. Started Welchol about 3 or 4 months ago. Severe gas, indigestion, and worst of all an irregular heart beat. Stopped 2 weeks ago, better but still not b http://www.medications.com/effect/view/918