Lipitor

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Doc put me on this drug last week,any feed back on it....

milod

Assume you mean Lipitor? for cholesterol?

My girlfriend was on it and based on anecdotal, non-scientific feedback, she reckons it made her joints achy and her mind a bit fuggy/forgetful. Maybe she's been reading too many articles though...

Best to just be aware and monitor your health, but don't read up too much about it or you might suffer a sort of inverse placebo effect!

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milod wrote: »

Assume you mean Lipitor? for cholesterol?

My girlfriend was on it and based on anecdotal, non-scientific feedback, she reckons it made her joints achy and her mind a bit fuggy/forgetful. Maybe she's been reading too many articles though...

Best to just be aware and monitor your health, but don't read up too much about it or you might suffer a sort of inverse placebo effect!

Yeah...thats the one, read some nasty stuff re: side effects.

Reading was 8.9 is it as high as people say.

mp22

i have been on lipitor for the last 5 years no side effects yet (wife says i was always a bit dopey) 8.9 is high. Mine was 10.8 the pills have it down to 4.6,the general rule seems to be if you feel a bit strange when you start taking the pills go back to gp for a chat.the options can be painfull (heart attacks hurt!):D

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mp22 wrote: »

i have been on lipitor for the last 5 years no side effects yet (wife says i was always a bit dopey) 8.9 is high. Mine was 10.8 the pills have it down to 4.6,the general rule seems to be if you feel a bit strange when you start taking the pills go back to gp for a chat.the options can be painfull (heart attacks hurt!):D

Christ I'd say they do.

Funny enough they say that their are no systems of high cholestrol.

But I'd swear i was feeling really tired,unwell and strange feelings in my neck and arms (onset of heart attack):mad:. been on it a while,diet changed dramaticlly and feel a bit better. also taking omega 3 and cq10.

mp22

A south african doc in cork looks at your elbows he says that in extreme cases there can be a build up of fatty deposits there? sweating at nite is another possible symptom (hands outside the blankets of course):D

Drummerboy2

I've been on Lipitor for 2.5 years. My normal chelestorol is 3.7 but with the drugs its down to 2.4. No side affects as yet though I have heard of muscle pain and all the other side effects.

mp22

you would have to wonder why you were put on lipitor with a reading of 3.7?

deodub

When I first had my cholesterol checked at the age of 25 I was at 9.7. I was put on lipitor - it seriously reduced my cholesterol level - down to 3.7, however I found my hair started to fall out.
I was switched to lescol, and my cholesterol went back up to 7.2. So now I'm on Crestor and find that's the one that works for me, although I'm on a high dose (40mg). 6years later and I still have all my hair...yay!!!

Kashkai

I got Lipitor prescribed a few years back and after a while, I started to get aches in my joints (I was only 34 at the time). So the doc switched me to other types of statins but no improvement. He then put me on a non statin and the aches went away.

mp22

Just a point about lipitor when taking the drug the yanks recomend that you do not eat grapefruit