This … Am have been sick with no appetite for several weeks since starting this drug.
i couldn’t even walk my dog without serious back pain. Get a 256 slice fast CT scan–1/4 th the radiation of a 64 slice machine and much higher resolution. The drug called Certriad, combines AstraZeneca’s blockbuster cholesterol pill Crestor with Abbott Laboratories TriLipix. Taking the place of Pfizer’s gargantuan drug Lipitor will be Roche’s Avastin, a cancer…Today in London the FDA decided to postpone approval of a new experimental heart drug, seeking more information about the new product. Out of the three Crestor seems to presently works the best. While 165 is great, 20 is horrible.  He just changed me to generic Lipitor in March. My doctor recently does me with Crestor at 40 mg. daily. PamLet me confirm what one person already said regarding Niaspan. What are biologics? They’re very expensive, and poised for enormous success: By 2014, the biggest-selling meds will be biologics, according to an analysis from Evaluate Pharma. There may be variations in CSA schedules between individual states.Always consult your healthcare provider to ensure the information displayed on this page applies to your personal circumstances.The easiest way to lookup drug information, identify pills, check interactions and set up your own personal medication records. High cholesterol poses risks for potentially fatal events such as strokes and heart attacks if not treated properly with the necessary medications and/or lifestyle modifications. Has done a good job of increasing my good cholesterol and puts my ratio of bad/good in range.I was on Lipitor and began having major body pains in the shoulder and lower back and lesions on my legs. She asked if I was on Lipitor. With a med pay ratio of .80 cents and an expanded customer base in 3 years, they will suck even more money out of this economy.Michael L. – I guess there are some that professed “change” and “health care reform” and that hasn’t happened. ** The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) schedule information displayed applies to substances regulated under federal law.

Both companies said they were evaluating the letter from the agency and would respond to the request for additional information. Had numbness, the legs felt like led, wobbly. Talk to your doctor and if the Cardiologist won’t listen, talk to an internist.Michael L. you are so right, but the problem is people are sitting back and taking all this abuse from insurance companies and Big Pharma. As you might expect, we’ve had a fair amount of discussion in the eDrugSearch.com Community about statin drugs, which are used for the treatment of high cholesterol. Still, Pfizer hopes that doctors will take notice. I know a lot of pot belly guys in their 60’s that look older than I do, and can’t keep up with me when we walk.I take Crestor 5mg,mynumbers are good.the problem is the cost of this drug. Types of Cholesterol Lowering Medications The Mayo Clinic has broken down the types of cholesterol lowering medication into eight subgroups. Am I being over prescribed Crestor?When my husband’s cardiologist started him on Crestor he started with 10 mg. How do I go from 33 to 20 HDL in one month?? However, as MJ suggested, I wouldn’t delay seeing an internist if your doc won’t listen. Is there an other drug I can take that will be less, not Lipitor I got muscle pains when using LipitorYou could do 2 things. These medications play a major role…Did the DRUG DIGEST really mean to say these statins LOWER HDL?I am currently taking Crestor which my doctor lowered from 10mg to 5mg. They said I should change to another statin drug that is available in generic form (apparently Crestor isn’t). Has anyone had this problem with this pill? For me statin is statin and being Asian, it builds up too quickly and doesn’t flush out like normal people. The patients on Lipitor had a 15% lower risk of having a heart attack.

I am only worried about the new research indicating that using statin rapidly increasing chances of getting diabetes.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. Hope this helps.I experienced the same problems 12 years ago when my Doctor started me on Lipitor first, before my stints were installed. My Lipitor does keeps my overall cholesterol at 119 and my LDL at 67. i am wondering if it has anything to do with Crestor, should i change to Lipitor?Lipitor is suppose to be the better choice regarding muscle painI tried Niacin, it causes massive flushing, you can faint easily, and get head rush’s and sweat a lot.Niacin does has to be gradually be increased and when you reach a level that causes problems you should go down to last acceptable dose. She suggested it may be the problem.I stopped taken Lipitor on my own and after a week my pain was gone.Told my Dr. and he put me on Crestor.Have not had a problem since.That was several years ago.I was taking 10 mg Lipitor for about 5 years.