Simvastatin for High Cholesterol, Familial Heterozygous User Reviews
Brand names: Zocor, FloLipid
- Anonymous
- July 3, 2009
"Side effect of extreme muscle pain. Used it, had muscle pain, stayed off for a while, went back on a lower dosage, and muscle pain returned."
- jen...
- August 31, 2011
"I would never even know I was taking anything at all. I had to adjust my dose to a morning dose because it kept me awake, but other than this, no problems at all."
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"Started on simvastatin about a year ago, and 6 weeks into taking the medicine, my LDL was down about 40 points. About a month ago, the pharmacy switched generics (prescription came with a heads up that the color and shape of the pill might be different). Now suddenly, I'm suffering from a swollen tongue and numbness of the tongue and upper palate. Not sure if this is due to the new generic (the pharmacist says only the filler and dye would have changed)... but it's gotten so annoying that I went to the doctor today for blood tests."