I was on 80mg of Lipitor (atorvastatin) for 4yrs, but the excruciating hip pain was too much to bear, while walking for exercise, with my Lady Friend.
My cardiologist put me on 10mg of Crestor (rosuvastatin) and the pain’s disappeared.
After reading this article, I’m wondering if I should get back on the atorvastatin...
80mg? I made them cut my Zocor down to 20mg
“I was on 80mg of Lipitor (atorvastatin) for 4yrs, but the excruciating hip pain was too much to bear,”
I took atorvastatin for 5 years before I connected it to my lower body peripheral neuropathy, tingling and numbness growing worse and worse in my feet. After I saw an article I decided to do a test and quit the statin cold turkey. My neuropathy got about 50% better and stopped progressing. Can’t undo all the damage after 5 years on that stuff.
Atorvastatin does good for many in control of cholesterol, but I’m lucky I quit when I did. If you tolerate it, that’s great but be aware of the side effects, even if they are not common.
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