Vascepa and Back Pain: What Users Say
Reviews for Vascepa
- Hig...
- July 19, 2015
For Hypertriglyceridemia "I've been on Vascepa (2 pills daily) for about 7 months now. I went from 475 to 625 in three months. I don't know how my try spiked. Now I have stomach pain along with knee and back pain. I had back surgery 4 years ago unrelated to taking the drug, obviously. However, I do have some stomach pain when laying on my belly."
- Anonymous
- Taken for less than 1 month
- July 18, 2017
For Hypertriglyceridemia "I went to see a physician at a clinic for sleep apnea. During this visit, he placed a prescription for Vascepa in my paperwork. He never even discussed it with me. He never did any blood work on me, and I wondered how he knew what my triglycerides were. Long story short. After filling the script and reading the brochure, I figured that it was simply like taking a vitamin. No harm done, right? Wrong. After taking this for about three weeks, I started having terrible backaches. I could barely walk, turn, etc. I told the doctor's nurse that I thought that it was the Vascepa, and she said that was impossible. She accused me of using abusive language and hung up the phone on me. This was a horrible experience. 1. Severe backache 2. Terrible staff."
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For Hypertriglyceridemia "Taking this $100-a-month medicine to lower very high triglycerides. Not able to exercise effectively due to back pain from a car crash. Also have high ALT and AST from taking prednisone to shrink a post-radiation tumor. So very high triglycerides came down a few points into the 300s after 4 months. So in January 2021, I had my gallbladder removed via laparoscopic procedure. I kept taking Vascepa, same dosage, 2 pills with the first meal and 2 pills with dinner. Then I developed type II diabetes. Now, in September 2021, my triglycerides increased to the 600s. So I guess it does not work for everyone. The cost may not be worth it for me."