Crestor and vertigo
Common Questions and Answers about Crestor and vertigo
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I stopped taking Crestor because after researching the side effects I found that in some patients Crestor at 5 mg (which is the dosage I was taken) caused dizziness, vertigo, etc to the nervous system. Since, I stopped it in June around the 20th. I am still experiencing the dizziness and loopy feeling, especially when I lay on my right side.
My question is how long does it take for Crestor to cycle out of your system? and Have anyone else reported these same problems?
Lipitor (atorvastatin), Lescol (fluvastatin), Mevacor (lovastatin), Altoprev (lovastatin extended-release), Livalo (pitavastatin), Pravachol (pravastatin), Crestor (rosuvastatin), and Zocor (simvastatin). Combination products include: Advicor (lovastatin/niacin extended-release), Simcor (simvastatin/niacin extended-release), and Vytorin (simvastatin/ezetimibe).
The new labels will warn patients about:
Memory loss and mental confusion.
No diagnosed family history of MS, no tremors, serious eye exams show no abnormalities, just a really bad headache that lasted two months.
I was dizzy, vertigo, and couldnt kick a frontal headache. I finally tried a tea made from Marjoram and Rosemary leaves and the headache left that night...one week later I ahd the MRI and they found the lesions.
The tinnitus is not new - having had it for 12 years in both ears along with vertigo on/off.
Maybe the whooshing is nothing to worry about. I know that with Sudden Deafness some odd sounds in that dead ear are to be expected - like chriping, tones, buzzing - all of which I have. But - this "whoosh" has me concerned. I have asked two ENT's but got no useful reply. If this symptom is not serious - and just an annoyance - then I can just learn to ignore it - and start adjusting to it.
Symptoms developed of shortness of breath, chest pain, pain in left arm and shoulder, AF, vertigo. Failed stress test, went into AF right away but it stopped when I came off treadmill. Sent for angiogram, cardiologist said everything normal. Holter monitor showed continuous arrhythmias for 24 hours, echo picked up mv problem, 70%ef. Am on Bisprolol 5 mg (could not tolerate 7.5mg)& Crestor, plus multivitamin.
I'm also wandering abot the connection between Fibro. and Cholesterol meds. Long story,but I was on Crestor form a dr.that liked to have killed me and wondered if this is when my fibro. appeared. Thanks for listening.
He was EXTREMELY helpful in my understanding of vertigo. Vertigo is caused when something gets out of sync between the two ear's inner balance organs. These consist of three tubes in each ear filled with fluid. The tubes also have tiny hairs. Without these organs, it would be impossible to have any sense of balance.
But sometimes the signals arrive at different times to the brain and the brain gets confused. (I am sure the doctor was greatly simplyfying the syndrome for me - a layman.
lovastatin (Mevacor, Altocor),
pravastatin (Pravachol),
atorvastatin (Lipitor),
fluvastatin (Lescol),
rosuvastatin (Crestor),
simvastatin (Zocor), and
Niacin
Cardiovascular drugs such as:
(Cordarone),
hydralazine (Apresoline)
quinidine (Quinaglute, Quinidex), etc.
Other drugs
Antidepressant drugs of the tricyclic type
With drug-induced liver enzyme abnormalities, the enzymes usually normalize weeks to months after stopping the medications.
They say he has developed small bypass arteries in the back of the neck which are supplying blood to the brain. He has now started having what we thought was Vertigo, but over the last couple of weeks it seems to be happening daily. Doesn't matter what he is doing, he just all of a sudden gets dizzy and cannot stand. He is also diabetic but we have checked his sugar levels when this happens and it doesn't seem that is the problem.
My symptoms consist of severe tingling throughout my body, dizziness, confusion, vertigo, crawling sensations in my back, sharp pains in my abdomen, head and chest, rapid heartbeat, insomnia and low sex drive. I might be leaving a few things out. I'm a 34 year old diabetic type 2 and are on these medications... humalog, lantus, crestor, avapro, nexium and xanax. I'm fairly healthy I could lose a few pounds 5'2 at 160lbs... i carry my weight in my mid section and upper body.
Tuesday - PT
Remainder of appointments with local neuro, BP doc and dentist cancelled due to vertigo and no transportation.
When I was hypo, my cholesterol shot up. My doctor wanted to put me on Crestor and I refused. I told him that I'd start the thyroid med and if getting my levels right didn't bring my cholesterol down, I'd look at diet and exercise, and the Crestor would be the last resort. That was over 4 years ago and I still don't take Crestor, or any other cholesterol drug. I've since learned that my cholesterol goes up and down with thyroid levels. In all fairness, I also now have a different doctor!!
I also have brain pain when I blow my nose. I just went on Crestor, so I thought it may be due to this, but now I think it was the shot or the combo if both. I went off Crestor and am seeing the doctor today, since I still feel dizzy and have some ringing in my ears, along with neck pain.
I am going to a new doctor on the 25th, he was recommend by someone on this list and hope that he will clarify all this and help me to feel better. Iwas taking 5mg Crestor and realized the terrible leg cramps and muscle pain and extreme fatique was being caused by it. I stopped and the cramps stopped and the fatique got much better. My thyroid is not straightened out yet but I am in hopes that this doctor will test what is necessary and help by symptoms and not by tsh only.
I have throbbing head splitting open pain always in the very back of my head, very rarily see auras, but do become light sensitive during an attack, ringing in my ears and often a feeling of moisture leaking into/out of my ears, constant extremly loud hearing of my heartbeat, naseau, vertigo. I have been in an out of hospitals, was out of work for three months two differant times, messed my knee up during a vertigo spell so I ended up with two knee surgeries.
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