Crestor - rosuvastatin - more side effects
I took myself off the last lot of cholsterol lowering drugs that my doctor prescribed - and felt a lot better after a couple of weeks. After a couple of months I mentioned it to my GP - a month ago - who said to try another one Crestor. Now - unlike my usual self - I didn’t google it or look up any info on it - I just took it for a month. Last week I started noticing I was feeling more tired than usual and my back started aching again. I also felt the need to urinate more than usual . I decided it may be the Crestor - and I stopped taking it 3 days ago. Today I looked up some information on Crestor - and found that there was some controversy about it in 2004.
"A 39-year-old US woman died of a muscle-destroying condition linked to Crestor, a consumer advocate claimed in Washington. citing 16 cases of serious side effects in urging a ban of the drug.
It won US Food and Drug Administration approval in August 2004 , after a delay because of safety concerns. In studies, Crestor also was linked to some cases of kidney abnormalities not seen with other statins.
The FDA decided to approve Crestor, saying it appeared to be slightly more potent than other statins and thus may be important for some patients.
To lower the risk of side effects, FDA recommended starting doses of 5 mg to 10 mg, and said patients should never exceed 40 mg.
But records from the FDA and health agencies in Canada and Britain show life-threatening side effects occur even at those lower doses, said Dr. Sidney Wolfe of the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, in a petition filed with FDA Thursday seeking a ban."
I feel a lot better just after 3 days off the Crestor - back pain almost gone. What do I do now?