Pravachol and legs

I have been taking pravachol for about a year and half and I notice that I have trouble with some vision pain in legs. now my dr. wants me to add zetia....I am scared to start the zetia.

ijhave had severe left arm pain, and heaviness. the muscles in my legs are starting to burn and ache also. i even have numbness in the fingers. but the worst complaint is the muscle rigidness i feel all over my body as if there is a jack hammer in my body.

I am a Ph.D. psychologist. I began to have nuscle jerks and weekness on Lipator, so I stopped taking it. Several months later, my doctor started me on Pravacol which he said was about half the dose of Lipator. After 6 weeks, my legs, especially, and my arms have begun to twitch again. I am contacting my doctor tomorrow.

After taking Pravachol for almost a year I started having pain in my legs and arms mostly but really all over. My family Dr. took me off the Pravacho; and gemfibrsol. Instead of getting better it just kept getting worse. Finally when I could not function any longer because of the severe neck pain I went to the hospital, The Drs. there diagnosed "Rhabdomyolsis". I was put in Intensive care and the next day I had kidney dialysis.Following that my calcium, magniesium and potasium levels dropped. They are improving and I haven't had to have any more dialysis at this time. Still in a lot of pain from the muscle damage.

i dont know i just started taking this medicine i was taking lipitor and it was causing my legs to cramp up so the doctor put me on pravachol but i cant any side effects on it please e-mail me and let me know if you can find anything janisputchaconis@yahoo.com

my father is 83 years old and has taken cholesterol medicine for many years. Initially the dosage was 40 mg of Pravachol which was later increased to 80 mg, and a few months ago his doctor also added 10 mg of Zetia. For his age he has been very active, dancing 3-4 nights per week. In May, 2005, he was in a car accident in which someone rear-ended him causing some back problems. Since that time he has seen his regular doctor and also an orthopaedic doctor in regard to this. After numerous X-rays, steroid shots and cortisone shots, he has continued to get worse. He is experiencing extreme pain in his shoulders and arms and also back and legs. He has pain in doing everyday things such as getting dressed, combing his hair, getting out of bed., etc. After the two doctors finally talked, they have told him to stop taking the Pravachol and the Zetia. Can this be what is causing his problems? Is this damage reversible? How long does it take for these medications to get out of his system? He has gone from being active to almost being an invalid!

I started taking pravachol around Thanksgiving 2004 and
in March 2005 I was experiencing numbness, tingling, chest pains, lower back pain, and my legs were very painful. So,
I stopped taking the pravachol on my own and I started feeling better. I was on so many other medications, that I didn't give it a whole lot of thought and I let my Primary Care
doctor talk me into taking the Pravachol again about eight weeks ago and now I know it is the Pravachol that is causing
me to hurt so bad and I fall down for no reason at all. I walk
into the walls, my balance is all out of wack. I will be going
back to my doctor this Friday on the 12th of August to talk about the Pravachol and to be properply tested. I will refuse
the Pravachol and get something more safe for me. I Pray there is no real damage done.