Lipitor and charley horse

I have been on Lipitor for five weeks. I can't believe how awful I feel. I ache all over. I my arms and elbows are sore; I have had pins and needles in my hands; charley horse like spasms in my calves (mostly at night); sharp knife like pains in my upper thighs; even my teeth hurt. I am a 46 year old female – I can’t believe this. I have made an appointment with my doctor as I have to get off this drug. I have experienced some blurred vision and hearing impairment too. If I hadn’t of found this website – I truly would have thought I was a bit crazy….
I have never had any symptoms like this before and never thought of myself as an old lady - but that is what I feel like. It is unbelievable.
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I sit here in extreme pain. From my neck down to my left fingers, it feels like I had a charley-horse while sleeping and wasn;'t able to work it out. This is the 3rd day of this pain and it is constant. Heat, Ice, Ibuprofen, nothing even dulls the pain and it is near impossible to find a way to sit or lay that makes a dent in the pain.

I found this site by searching for neck pain and I am floored. I just started taking Lipitor last month (against my better judgement since I am not a fan of loading on drugs).

If this pain is because of the Lipitor, I am truly pissed. How could anyone prescribe something like this with these possible side-effects is beyond me.

I hope to god that the side effect wane since I have now stopped taking this.

I make my living working on computers, and now I can barely sit here and type this because I am in excrutiating pain.

Thank you all for this site, I hope we all get relief someday.