Can Lipitor Cause Leg Cramps

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Can lipitor cause leg cramps. Up to 12 million people in. Hello I was taking it for many years and then got a bunch of bad reactions including the muscle pain and weakness just like you. My legs were in such pain standing or laying down I couldnt stand it.

Yes I also would jump out of bed with severe leg cramps while I was taking Lipitorbut only in the final year that I was able to take Lipitor. For example you could feel muscle weakness soreness aches stiffness or cramps. Two reports in the past 20 years have described a half-dozen people who developed leg cramps after starting niacin suggesting that this is.

I approached my GP with a request to be changed from a lipophilic statin Atorvastatin and Simvastatin are lipophilic to a hydrophilic statin and was changed to Rosuvastatin which has solved the problem. You should know upfront that not everyone who takes a statin will have muscle pain and muscle pain from statins might show up differently for different people. Posted 4 years ago.

Atorvastatin can cause muscle spasms and pain. Side effects can vary between different statins but common side effects include. We dont know if that is the source of your agony but we suggest you discuss this possible side effect with your doctor.

Perhaps a combination of advanced age and atherosclerotic changes created a predisposition for the simvastatin-induced leg cramps. When I stopped Lipitor due to muscle problems and weaknessplus fatigue-the night time leg cramps stopped. Sometimes just lifting or bending my leg the wrong way triggers an attack that can last up to 15 minutes.

Although there is a recognition that statins can cause muscle pain tenderness and weakness there is no specific mention of leg cramps. Lipitor is in the class of drugs called Statins. I was on 10 mg of Lipitor and had bad leg cramps every now and then.