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Reviewer: crenweb, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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After being on 80mg of this drug for over 5 months, developed severe neck, back shoulder, arm pain. Starting seeing chiropractor for 2 wks. This didn't help at all. Went to dr. he put me on a steroid for the shoulder/arm pain. Start researching and looking for reviews to find others experiencing the same... Also leg and hip pain, burning sensation in arch of my feet. Memory issues (foggy head
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Reviewer: Joiemad, 65-74 on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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Was on this drug for many years - 40 mg. one day 80 the next - developed after several years severe muscle spasms - when in the throes of a spasm could not do anything - severe pain and sweating profusely (drenched after a spasm). Have stopped in the past year - now my cholesterol is sky high with my bad - really high - they want me to take repatha (previous heart attack) - don't know what to
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Reviewer: 65-74 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Fast weight gain which seemed counter productive. Itching but didn't realize till after I went off that it was probably due to the meds. Went off as I was loosing my ability to concentrate, think and memory. When doing research I decided to look up a particular item. Turned around to type it and had no idea what I was doing. Not like me so I checked out tthe meds and I fit several of the
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Reviewer: bakergirl, 65-74 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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It lowered my cholesterol almost 100 points in 3 months but I started having severe leg aches and back pain plus extreme fatigue. I had no motivation to do anything. I stopped taking the drug and within a couple days my leg pain decreased 90% and I now have a lot more energy.
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Reviewer: Barbara, 75 or over on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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It brought all my bad readings down but caused severe UTI. The pain stopped in one day when I stopped taking it. This was all confirmed by my urologist.
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