aljdewey
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My husband has been on Lipitor for a few years for cholesterol management. Last last year, they upped his dosage.
Early this year, he felt a pain in his chest - thought he may have pulled a muscle. The pain is fairly constant, and he was worried. He''s been to his primary dr. and to the ER having testing done on his heart.....ekg, echocardiogram, chest x-rays, stress test, the works. Everything looks normal, and yet he has this constant chest pain.
Dr. at first thought it was pleuresy (in March); but didn''t clear up. I thought it may be a muscle pull, but oddly enough, the pain DISSIPATES when he does physical yardwork! (which would defy muscle injury presentation).
Recently, his Lipitor prescription expired, and he has had to wait for mail-order to arrive. Miraculously, no chest pain. He''s now been off it for 3 weeks, and not ONE complaint of chest pain.
Has anyone else had deep muscle/tissue problems with Lipitor? Suggested alternatives if he can''t keep taking it?
Early this year, he felt a pain in his chest - thought he may have pulled a muscle. The pain is fairly constant, and he was worried. He''s been to his primary dr. and to the ER having testing done on his heart.....ekg, echocardiogram, chest x-rays, stress test, the works. Everything looks normal, and yet he has this constant chest pain.
Dr. at first thought it was pleuresy (in March); but didn''t clear up. I thought it may be a muscle pull, but oddly enough, the pain DISSIPATES when he does physical yardwork! (which would defy muscle injury presentation).
Recently, his Lipitor prescription expired, and he has had to wait for mail-order to arrive. Miraculously, no chest pain. He''s now been off it for 3 weeks, and not ONE complaint of chest pain.
Has anyone else had deep muscle/tissue problems with Lipitor? Suggested alternatives if he can''t keep taking it?