Rosuvastatin and Joint Pain: What Users Say (Page 2)

• Tec...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 4, 2022

Rosuvastatin for Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IIa, Elevated LDL "I take 10 mg Crestor EOD (Every Other Day). My cholesterol is 221, with HDL and triglycerides normal, but an LDL of 169. 42-year-old male, moderately active. The first three weeks were the worst, even taking every other day, with the brain fog and joint/muscle pain. But going on two months now, it has mostly resolved. I actually feel better after two months, I am not sure if high cholesterol can make you feel lousy, but I'm just stating I feel different in a good way. Side note: Crestor is supposed to lower your blood pressure a little too. Anyway, if this medicine bugs you, take it every other day or every two days. It will still work well. It is a very strong statin. Best part, my insurance pays for it all! Cost me $0.00. If you want the benefits of statins, you have to take the bad with the good. The side effects will resolve and aren't that bad. Stick with it!"

• gre...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• February 8, 2023

For High Cholesterol "I have been on this drug at 10 mg every day and have had muscle and joint pain along with sharp stabbing pains throughout my body at different times of the day/night. I contacted my cardiologist, and she said to take one pill every other day. Have been doing so for the last several months and have had no relief from the reduced dosage. Have blood work coming up in a couple of weeks and a follow-up visit with the doctor and will see what the results are and make a decision on what to do next. It did take care of my high LDL problem within a matter of a couple of weeks, but the pain and weakness in the body are getting to be intolerable. The pains are affecting my ability to work."

• Aar...
• March 18, 2019

For High Cholesterol "28 found out I have high cholesterol, just past 300 was my total. I have a history of family heart disease and early death in the males in my family, and lucky me, I’m a male with high cholesterol. Uncle died at 38 heart attack, his grandfather first heart attack in late 30s, his dad at 35 dead heart attack, so hoping I don’t have a reserved seat on that train. I have been taking Crestor 40 mg now for about a month or two. I have crazy joint pain in the back of my knees and pain in my fingers and back of my hands. I haven’t really noticed anything else aside from trying to remember to take them, as I work in an industry that’s 24-hour operations, so if I’m on nights, I forget. I usually take them around 9:30 pm. I mean, my thoughts are take it, see what it does, monitor your levels, and go from there. My GP suggested I take the highest dose possible because the results are better when slamming the levels at first and then going from there, so yeah. I’m gonna listen to the doctor and cross my fingers."

• Aar...
• March 18, 2019

For High Cholesterol "28 found out I have high cholesterol, just past 300 was my total. I have a history of family heart disease and early death in the males in my family, and lucky me, I’m a male with high cholesterol. Uncle died at 38 heart attack, his grandfather first heart attack in late 30s, his dad at 35 dead heart attack, so hoping I don’t have a reserved seat on that train. I have been taking Crestor 40 mg now for about a month or two. I have crazy joint pain in the back of my knees and pain in my fingers and back of my hands. I haven’t really noticed anything else aside from trying to remember to take them, as I work in an industry that’s 24-hour operations, so if I’m on nights, I forget. I usually take them around 9:30 pm. I mean, my thoughts are take it, see what it does, monitor your levels, and go from there. My GP suggested I take the highest dose possible because the results are better when slamming the levels at first and then going from there, so yeah. I’m gonna listen to the doctor and cross my fingers."

• Cre...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 27, 2020

For High Cholesterol "I'm 32. I've had high cholesterol for over 10 years. Besides being barely overweight (like ten lbs), I'm in good health. I promised my dad I'd stick it out for two months, hoping the side effects would go away, but they got worse. It started with knee, shoulder, and elbow pain. I like to sew. I could no longer use scissors from pain in my hand and the heavy scissors. I couldn't open jelly jars without feeling pain in my hands for two days straight. It finally ramped up to not being able to move my thumb and first two fingers on each hand. My 92-year-old grandma moves her hands better than me. Doc took me off and moved me to a fibrate. If I can't handle that, I might be having a heart attack at 50. I won't take this med again."

• cjg...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 22, 2020

For Atherosclerosis "Rosuvastatin has a lot of side effects that are serious. Doctors will have to balance ordering this medication based upon what the sales reps tell them and what the studies show as to the effects on their patients. It may be a tough decision. Rosuvastatin worked well for some, but it has significant side effects that appear to be dangerous, could cause accidents while driving with blurred vision. Patients, if they are having indigestion or angina, it is concerning. Hearing too many side effects here and a lot of money for a not-so-safe drug? Maybe any money is too much money for a not-so-safe drug? Rosuvastatin side effects are difficulty in moving, leg pain, indigestion (heartburn) mimicking angina, blurred vision (also while driving on the highway!), pounding heartbeat, fast heartbeat, trouble breathing, joint pain."

• Big...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 10, 2022

For High Cholesterol "I'm a 54-year-old male ex-professional powerlifter and started taking it without any problems. Then, maybe 4 months later, leg pain that I couldn't explain along with very sore joints to the point of having x-rays and ultrasounds on my legs. I've already had both knees reconstructed and hip replacements, so I put it down to just getting old and my days of heavy lifting, but this pain was way stronger than ever before. So here I am today, googled this statin. I'm on 5 mg and found what could be the answer. Not only legs but elbows and very itchy at times. Also, not myself, unwell and feeling very tired, like I could just fall asleep. Then on the other hand, I'm not sleeping well and my mood is up and down. It's the legs that concern me, terrible pain."

• Jul...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 7, 2022

For High Cholesterol "I'm vegetarian, overall good diet, but not perfect. I am thin, 66 years old and a non-smoker, non-drinker. But I am on other meds for asthma and stomach problems. I started this statin, and from two hours after the first dose (5), I got very bad stomach acid. It went off in the daytime but came back two hours after the tablet every night, all night. Then, after day three, stiffness and pain in knees also. Is it worth it? I feel desperate."

• red...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 19, 2012

Rosuvastatin for High Cholesterol "Terrible joint and muscle pain. Must stop it. Did take down my cholesterol a lot."

• Ace...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 19, 2017

Rosuvastatin for High Cholesterol "5 mg, tinnitus is aggravated quite severely, joint pain in toe joints, mild depression, slight nausea, and occasional insomnia - 3 weeks of usage."

• pet...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 14, 2019

For Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease "I used it only for about two weeks, and it has been two months now, and I have problems typing this message. All joints gone, fingers, now toes. I cannot seem to recover."

• zip...
• September 7, 2017

For High Cholesterol "I began to get joint and muscle pain within 4 days of taking it. This stopped when I stopped the drug, as happened with all the drugs in this class that I have tried."