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Zocor and Heart Palpitations: What Users Say

Heart palpitations: mentioned by 3 users (13.6%)

Based on user experiences from 22 Zocor reviews, the following table shows the most commonly mentioned side effects.

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pain 18.2%
headaches 13.6%
heart palpitations 13.6%

Reviews for Zocor

Commonly mentioned side effects
  • Ted...
  • October 10, 2007

For High Cholesterol "I was prescribed Zocor for high cholesterol, and after several weeks, I began to experience heart palpitations and irregular heartbeats. When I stopped this medication, all symptoms stopped. I have had the same experience with Crestor. I cannot take either drug to lower cholesterol."

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  • Ted...
  • October 10, 2007

For High Cholesterol "I was prescribed Zocor for high cholesterol, and after several weeks, I began to experience heart palpitations and irregular heartbeats. When I stopped this medication, all symptoms stopped. I have had the same experience with Crestor. I cannot take either drug to lower cholesterol."

2 / 10
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  • woo...
  • January 18, 2015

For High Cholesterol "Been taking Zocor for a while now. Between 1-2 years. Seemed to feel OK, but heart always felt like it was skipping beats. Then about 3 weeks ago, it happened every afternoon around 4 PM, scaring me because they were lasting for a long time. I don't know anything, but this medicine, so I figured this must be my problem. So I just stopped the Zocor (simvastatin) and to my amazement, no more heart palpitations."

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