Re: Symptoms from Lipitor?

From: Laura Gibson (transpec3_at_comcast.net)
Date: 02/04/05 

Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 15:15:18 -0600

Neal,
You are so lucky to be able to email your doc. I wish we had the opportunity
to do that here.

Laura

"Neal" <nbrown12@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:36hodaF52a23cU1@individual.net...
> Ed,
>
> You choice of words, beginning with the crack about it not being an ED
> med, (not necessary at all to be said, just a 'smart-a' remark), your
> sarcasm and superior attitude, have a tendency to irritate me.
>
> I have explained ad nauseum that my post was actually an e-mail to my
> doctor that I decided to post on SMT, partially to inform, but primarily
> to see if anyone else has had experiences with Lipitor. Here is part of
> an e-mail reply I received from my doctor at 10:48 p.m. last night:
>
> ...."It definitely sounds like a side effect of lipitor. I agree with
> stopping the med. Let me get back with you on further recommendations
> after I've reviewed your chart."
>
> I am not making "ignorant choices based on something I read on the
> internet." I have had three instances in my life that a medication
> prescribed by a medical doctor almost killed me.
>
> One such episode made my life so miserable, there did not seem to be any
> reason to go on living. The doctor had what seemed like every test
> known to him performed, but could not find the cause of my symptoms. I
> just happened to mention the problems I was having to the pharmacist
> when I got the medication refilled. He had not heard of symptoms like I
> was having, but got concerned about me, very concerned, and did research
> and called the company that manufactured the medicine, and found that,
> in fact, this medication could cause those symptoms. He immediately
> called me and let me know. I told the doctor at that time about what the
> pharmacist had said - the doctor said "NO WAY!" but I quit the
> medication I was taking and insisted he prescribe something else. The
> symptoms stopped completely after that. Years later, after I became an
> MT, I looked in my PDR and, sure enough, the symptoms I was having was
> not listed as a side effect. I contacted the company, related my
> experience in detail to the company, and now that particular symptom is
> shown in their literature.
>
> Neal
> Ed Chait wrote:
>
> >
> > Guess I'm just tired and frustrated by seeing people, even seemingly
> > intelligent ones, making ignorant choices based on something they read
on
> > the Internet.
> >
> > ed
> >
> >

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Side effects
    ... > the disease or the medication, I contacted the doctor and he told me there ... Symptoms of low blood sugar. ... mouth, tingling in the fingers, tremors, muscle weakness, blurred vision, ...
    (alt.support.diabetes)
  • Re: Symptoms from Lipitor?
    ... doctor that I decided to post on SMT, partially to inform, but primarily ... I have had three instances in my life that a medication ... He had not heard of symptoms like I ... medication I was taking and insisted he prescribe something else. ...
    (sci.med.transcription)
  • Re: Medical files
    ... > Hi I have just received my mothers medical files from her doctor. ... > them mums tablets, so they could carry on prescribing her tablets. ... > I found out that her GP didn't prescribe her tablets for her. ... Which doctor said she was not given her heart medication? ...
    (uk.legal)
  • Re: Labs Back--Im diabetic now. :(
    ... You can't prescribe medication for yourself. ... No doctor is perfect. ... But if you just sit there worrying and worrying you aren't getting ...
    (alt.support.diabetes)
  • Re: AIRPORT SECURITY
    ... something has changed and there is a problem with your medication it is ... prescribe for and have not seen for a while. ... that they will lean *very* heavily on a doctor who does not meet their ... My psych write one year scrips for me. ...
    (rec.travel.cruises)