If you take your medicine as your doctor prescribed, your cholesterol levels should drop within 4 weeks
Check with your doctor immediately if any of the following side effects occur: Less common or rare
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Statins Side Effects: Pain, Inflammation, and More Cholesterol & Triglycerides
If a cholesterol plaque ruptures, a blood clot forms there and this can lead
Key facts You'll usually take atorvastatin once a day
Common side effects that happen to more than 1 in 100 people include nausea
Most cholesterol medications lower cholesterol with few side effects, but effectiveness varies from person to person
Difficulty with Low vitamin D: There is a possible link between low vitamin D and statin-related muscle pain
hoarseness
Lipitor is a cholesterol-lowering drug that contains the active ingredient muscle aches
pains in the side, possibly radiating to the back
The most common side effects of atorvastatin were diarrhea, nasopharyngitis, and arthralgia
It belongs to a group of More common side effects in people taking Zetia* include: upper respiratory infections, such as colds
If a side effect does occur, your doctor might lower your dose to see if the side effect will subside, or switch you to another statin
If you do experience side effects, they are usually mild and go away with time
joint pain or swelling
feeling of constant movement of self or surroundings
Muscle aches and pains
upper right abdominal or stomach pain
However, for some people side effects can have a big impact on their daily life
Gastrointestinal
fever and chills
Extreme tiredness
Rosuvastatin is the most potent statin followed by atorvastatin
The most common presentation is a cholestatic hepatitis that tends to be mild to moderate in severity and self-limiting in course (Cases 1