How to tell about the side effects of Lipitor

Are you at risk from heart disease? If so, you might come across the term “Lipitor”. Lipitor is a common drug used to lower the cholesterol in your body. Physicians normally prescribe this drug with an intention to reduce cholesterol, which is a precursor of heart attacks.

Serious lipitor side effects have been reported among the persons prescribed for preventive purposes. The generic name of lipitor is Atorvastatin.

At present there are 20 million people are taking Lipitor alone. Hence this is the high time to get know about the side effects of the lipitor.

Causes for the Lipitor (Atorvastin) Side Effects

You might have wondered how this lipitor drug causes side effects. Lipitor potentially causes this damage to the humankind by limiting the production of cholesterol; this drug may be indirectly damage the muscular and neural tissue membranes.

The people who have been extensively using Atorvastatin and other cholesterol-lowering drugs the so-called statins- for continuous two years or more report symptoms of ALS- Lou Gehrig's Disease, where the neuromuscular control of their bodies are lost.

Side Effects from Lipitor

Lipitor may cause some side effects during your treatment similar to that of other prescription medications.

The common negative side effects of Lipitor includes-

• Can't hold your arms or head up in vertical position for more than 2 minutes.
• Muscle pain, weakness, spasms, buzzing in right leg
• Severe abdominal pain
• Pain and stiffness in neck and calf muscles
• Extremely dry eyes
• Memory loss
• Vertigo
• Nausea
• Blinding headaches

Some people experienced less serious Lipitor side effects, not with severe pain such as neck aches, feeling fatigued all the time, trouble talking and enunciating words, and trouble swallowing.

If you're a patient using lipitor for your heart ailment but experiencing any one of these side effects, you must immediately put an end to treatment with lipitor and arrange a visit to your health care professional.

Lipitor Drug Serious Side Effects

Even some of the lipitor using patients experience unusually blurry vision and decreased or rust-colored urine. This symptom is considered to be emergent and have an emergency trip to your doctor's room.

Other serious lipitor side effects includes:

• Hives breakouts
• Swelling of the tongue and face
• Dyspnea (Difficult in breathing)
• Swollen lips
• Closing of the throat

Because science is imperfect, other side effects not listed above might noticed in some patients. If you notice any other negative side effects of lipitor, which is annoying, unexplainable, or especially unusual, do arrange a visit to your physician's emergency room.