User Reviews for simvastatin oral

I have taken simvastatin for over 15 years. My cholesterol readings are fine, and I have felt good ever since I began treatment. I'm feeling lucky after reading so many of these other reviews!

I am on 10 mg for 1 month and I have severe body aches and joint pain. I am going to call the doctor tomorrow.

i have been taking this medication for three years now but now i have pain in my legs i have back pain and pain under my foot and my right big toe i cant even walk properily now my huis docter advise me to stop taking just yesterday for a month hope all this pain would go away for am really suffering with great pains

I have been taking this medication for 2 weeks. Now my heart flutters alot. Anyone else having this? Doctor said not from med, but I never had this before.

Internist increased 20 mg to 40 mg daily. Doing Elliptical machine two-three times a week. No problems observed.

My cholesterol dropped to 149. Have degenerative arthritis, given amloipine 5mg with simvastatin 40mg. Sudden rapid weight loss, foggy brain, skin just sags, muscle loss, strength loss, increased bone and joint pain, tingling tongue, lost my appetite. I'm done with this drug. Not even monitored. There must be something better. This drug is bad.

Been taking this for 15 years so far -- no side effects I'm aware of. Now have low bad cholesterol, high good cholesterol. No muscle pain. I'm 69 years old, into running. Tried controlling cholesterol through diet, but kept losing weight -- everyone said I looked sick. So, for me, this is great stuff.

This drug has worked to lower my cholesterol. I also had joint pain and fatigue. YOU HAVE TO TAKE COQ10 (ubiguinol). Do not buy regular COQ10 which is ubiquinoine. ONLY buy COQ10 ubiguinol. I take 2-100mg pills in the morning and an occasional pill in the afternoon. Everyone I know that takes statins is now on ubiquinol and won't go off it. You will notice an absolute difference in muscle fatigue and joint pain. Don't take statins without ubiquinol.

I have been taking statins for 10 years, I had stopped taking this particular one because of severe shoulder pain about four years ago. I slowly started having less shoulder pain but my bad cholesterol shot up. After talking to the Dr he suggested another cholesterol fighting drug Simvastatin. My cholesterol dropped lower than it has ever been but the sever joint pain has returned. I'm done with statins there has to be another way.

I just recently took myself off this medicine because of my joints hurting like I had been on a rigorous workout or something.

This medicine made my stomach cramp I would almost be doubled over in pain. Tried taking with food but no difference. Stopped taking and stomach pain went away.

Been taking it for 2 years. Has lowered cholesterol from 240 to 180. No noticeable side effects.

My husband has taken this drug for 6 years. The last 4 years he has had a Terrible rash all over his body! went to every doctor and finally told him it was an reaction to the drug. We quit it immediately.

I have been taking 5mg for 5 months. The side effects I am experiencing are muscle pain, weakness in arms and legs, I can't sleep at night regardless of how tired I am. Dizziness, fatigue, and weight gain,diarrhea, increased gas and headaches. I have decided to stop taking this drug against my Dr's wishes. This drug is terrible and I'm done with it. I work a lot of overtime and have a good job when a medication effects your life and job it's time to stop taking it. Just had blood work also and my liver enzymes are elevated and I have never had a problem with blood work in 55 years. Read More Read Less

It helped limit my cholesterol but the side effects nearly killed me. I got so I couldn't walk, my knees and legs hurt so bad I had to walk with a cane or walker. My doctor finally told me to quit taking it and within 1 month I was feeling better and within 3 months was back to doing my old routine.

Ok so its now 6 months since I took the last statin that I will ever take and the neck aches that were occurring every evening finally seem to be going away but I still have the snotty rhinitis for which there is no cure and very little treatment so it would seem I am to suffer from common cold symptoms for ever. I went to the GP and he said that maybe I should see a different doctor in the surgery or move to a different doctors surgery! I managed to stay calm but I thought thanks a bunch, you have made me ill, given me a permanent snotty head causing me to have difficulty sleeping for ever, made me miss a summer because I did not have the energy or enthusiasm to do anything and now you want me to just go away quietly. Whatever happened to the hypocratic oath? It appears that statin's are considered such a wonder drug partly because of the price (20 pence each) however when you add in the cost of the coenzyme q10 at about 65 pence each which everyone who is on statin's should consider taking the cost is nowhere near as attractive, also because the NHS won't fund coenzyme q10 they tell the doctors not to tell patients who could pay for them themselves about the potential benefits so denying me the opportunity to feel better soonerRead More Read Less

I was prescribed this medication due to high LDL Cholesterol. I took it for 6 months and felt muscle weakness, fatigue, depressed and couldn't think clearly. I could bairly mow the lawn. I had to take several breaks and it took all day. I had a hard time cleaning house and even had a hard time filling the coffee carafe with water to make coffee. I told the Doctor and they took me off it right away and after two weeks I was feeling much better. I am able to mow the lawn, clean and not get as tired or feel weak. This is very scary medication. Read More Read Less

I saw the doctor again and he said they did do the liver enzyme test and it was within the "normal range" how would I know? I would like to know how many guys that have been on statin have enlarged prostate that did not have enlarged prostate before taking statin's, also given the latest revelations that doctors are being paid £50 for each Alzheimer diagnosis I would like to know if and how much the doctors are being paid to prescribe statin's, I will be very very angry if I discover that I was made ill like this for example, if it was so the doctor would be getting an extra £50Read More Read Less

I took simvastin 20 mg for 10 months on the Nhs, very nasty experience. I felt colder all the time muscle aches, have had a cough for over a year, difficulty sleeping but tired all of the time almost zero sex drive, (I could get a hard on for England before this) I stopped taking them five months ago and the muscle aches have died back 50 percent but all of the other symptoms are still here in full, Doctors did not give me a liver enzyme test after 2 months which could have limited this damage, Doctor will not accept that the symptoms are anything to do with statin's and nobody from the Nhs will, everything that is written on the internet by the Nhs about statin's is positive and just about everything written about statin's by everyone else is negative. I read all the reviews here and at least I know that I am not alone but here in the Uk there is nowhere else to go that I can afford. I am very angry. I would have done myself less harm if I had taken heroin or crack cocaine for ten months! Now I just hope that this is not permanent and for ever the doctors are lying b*****dsRead More Read Less

62yrs old. Been taking 20mg for two weeks. Already my legs cramp so ad and worse at night when I lay down. Feel like I have no strength in legs.avid walker,but became afraid legs would feel worse. Stopped taking 3 days ago,already can sleep without pain med. not taking