Lipitor and sex drive

I Take loads of medications & have always tolerated all side effects but Lipitor has floored me. I have only been on it for a month but have ceased last night after waking up vomiting. I spent a day where I had so little energy I hardly moved & was almost suicidally depressed. I have no sex drive, such an itchy scalp that my colleagues were worried I had fleas !. No appetite, flu like symptoms & muscular aches that were unbearable. I still feel woozy headed but can feel some normality returning, my doctor will not be happy as I have scarily high cholesterol that needed urgent treatment, but I am afraid that I have to find an alternative as my reactions to this drug actually made my life unlivable.

42 Year old male; Active, have been on Lipitor 9 months. Started back on the drug last spring, Ride wave runners every weekend, thought I've had whiplash for months, extremely sore/stiff neck, severe muscle pain in shoulders and neck I am convinced its Lipitor not whiplash. Only advice my doctor can give is "see a Chiropractor", no help! I am stopping Lipitor right now and will await changes, Cannot believe after multiple visits to my doctor concerning my shoulder/neck issue he never once considered Lipitor. After doing an internet search for muscle pain, I stumbled across Lipitor's relationship to muscle pain. If my pain stops I will be very grateful.

I have been taking Lipitor for ten years 40 mg and I notice that even though I am only 45, my knees feel like I have been playing fullback for all those ten years. My sex drive is low and I get massages once a month to help with muscle ache. I can't sleep through the night and I have stomach pains. I also feel depressed (I listen to Bread A LOT). I am DONE I would rather try diet and vitamins than this.

I am 60 years old female & have been taking Lipitor for about 4 years. I recently went off the drug for 3 months, & in that time much of the muscle pain I was experiencing began to lesson. I have pain in both arms from the below up to my shoulder. Hip pain & leg cramps. I have trouble sleeping & absolutely no sex drive. Of course, my Cholesterol went sky high, over 300. I have only been back on 80 mgs for a month and a half, & all of the aches and pains are back ten fold. I feel a hundred years old.I have to make a big decision...die of high Cholesterol, or live a life of constant pain and sleep deprivation. This is really bad. I f I had to run or crawl to save my life, I'd never make it.

I am a 34 year old male and was on Lipitor for 3 weeks. I had muscle cramps in my shins and the bottom of my feet. I was light headed, dizzy and suffered from nausea. I didn't have any energy or sex drive. I didn't attribute it to the Lipitor right away. I thought I had MS, ALS, muscular dystrophy, etc. I told my doctor about the symptoms and he told me to stop taking the Lipitor. I've been off of the Lipitor for almost two weeks now and the nausea and dizziness are gone. My energy is getting better each day, but I'm still not 100%. The muscles in the bottom of my feet and shins are also getting better but still not 100%. I take a bath every night just to get relief from the symptoms. My doctor has since told me to take CoQ10 to help battle the side effects of Lipitor. He doesn't know how long these side effects will last. Does anyone know how long I can expect these side effects to last? Are they permanent?

I will praise Lipitor for one thing - The side effects caused by it have scared me in to changing my diet and exercise regimen (when I return to being healthy) so I never have to take a drug of this type again.

I have been on Lipitor 10 mg for three months. Have been experiencing chest pains, muscle aches...more recently increased urination...atleast 4 times at night, and too many times to count a day. Definetley lose of sex drive, and have been experiencing anxiety.

MY husband was on the drug for 2.5 years. Within the first month he started haviny muscle pain. He was told by his md. that should go awayin time. then his bones started to hurt as well. All this was ocurring even though he was having his blood drawn every 60 days. the md insisted he stay on the drug. Finally after a little over 2 years his liver count went up. And after having a sister with liver faliure from being on the drug for 4 years we said NO MORE. And stopped the drug. the doctor wasn't happy but whose liver was it. My husband is healthy with the exception he has high trig. and cholsterol . Within a month of being off the drug he noticed his bones didn't hurt anymore. The muscle pain has never gone away though. There is one other thing that to us was a major sideaffect of the drug. When he stopped taking it we noticed a large surge in his sex drive, that after 2.5 years had gone down considerably.

I am a 46 old male in good health. My doctor put me on Lipitor bacause my cholesterol was 286. After taking Lipitor for approx. one year it was lowered to 219. In my opinion, the cost was to high. My short term memory is shot all to hell. I have pain in areas I never hurt at before. My vision is blurred, my sex drive went from 110% to 10%. I used to be on the go work outside all day. My wife would ask "why can't you set still for awhile?" Now I don't feel like getting off the sofa.