Comments on: Crestor, Lipitor, or Zocor – Which statin is right for you?

By: thinking

thinking — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 20:43:00 +0000

unfortunately not a mistake, but a sad fact.

By: Arif Daleel

Arif Daleel — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 06:12:45 +0000

I was on Lipitor for one year and I felt general weakness and sometimes sight problems, doctor changed medications to Crestor since nine months. Now i have experience pain in legs and difficult to walk properly. I stopped medication since one week but going on diets with much lower or nil fatty products. Not I feel active with normal life. I know that I need medication but on the very minimum dose as precaution.

By: bAnn805

bAnn805 — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 22:20:00 +0000

This article talks about lowering HDL. I believe they mean to say LDL. HDL is the “good” cholesterol where a higher number is better. A mistake like this in an article providing medical information is unacceptable.

By: time1865

time1865 — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 06:03:41 +0000

I have been taking Astrazeneca and Simvasatin for 5 years since I had 2 stints put in for partial blockages. I was 55 at the time. At the moment I have horrible leg muscle and tendon pain along with 50% of the other “possible” side effects “rarely” seen. I can barely walk, have no memory and the list goes on and on. None of these problems I had before talking these drugs.

By: rpflemo

rpflemo — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 06:00:06 +0000

my sister in law is on Crestor for some months, she has developed a skin condition all over arms, and body, not on face. Â Very dry, itchy, looks like old crocodile skin, 5 months wait to see specialist, what did you do. Robyn

By: Nurse

Nurse — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:27:23 +0000

You do not want to reduce HDL but raise it as it is the healthy cholesterol. Check the information you are providing as you are falsely telling people statins lower HDL instead of increasing it.

By: EYEM

EYEM — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 01:22:18 +0000

You are correct, lipid profile may be just be the same, but with rosuvastatin, what you do not know is that atherosclerosis is being reversed. So it means that you will be having lower risk of having a CHD event.

By: EYEM

EYEM — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 01:19:28 +0000

bad move dude. Simvastattib 80 mg is now being considered to be withdrawn because of the side effects. You should have switched to rosuvastatin.

By: memo s

memo s — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 02:33:59 +0000

martha in walmart and walgreens they have a little machine that has a rubber inside where you can put the pill in between the 2 peices of rubber. You shut the machine after you lodge the pill inside, and it splits it perfectly in 2 with a very sharp razor blade on the top side of the machine. Its called a pill cutter machine. It works so well for me. I split my simvastatin till it gets to 5mg

By: Linda01247

Linda01247 — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:52:27 +0000

I also was on Simvastatin before Lipitor went generic. Â I had so much muscle pain I could barely play golf. Â My liver functions were way up. Â He just changed me to generic Lipitor in March. Â My muscle pain is gone or just about gone. Â I feel so much better. Â Also, my liver functions are now back to normal.