Heartburn indigestion nausea or stomach discomfort.
Atorvastatin side effects lower back pain.
The new statins and low back pain study.
About one in 10 people who start a statin reports a complaint of muscle ache and pains.
If experienced these tend to have a less severe expression.
Nasal congestion or stuffiness or a runny nose.
Hemorrhagic stroke arthralgia diarrhea and nasopharyngitis other side effects include.
Although side effects believed to be caused by statins can be annoying consider the benefits of taking a statin before you decide to stop taking your medication.
Statin medication users had anywhere from a 19 to more than a 60 increased risk of having low back pain than matched controls who didn t take a statin drug.
The risk of muscle injury increases when certain other medications.
Along with its needed effects a medicine may cause some unwanted effect as well.
Tightness in the chest.
These findings were published in the journal of the american medical association and involved an analysis of 60 455 patients.
Urinary tract infection insomnia limb pain muscle spasm musculoskeletal pain myalgia and nausea.
The back disorders include bulging discs and narrowing of the spinal column.
Statins are associated with a few rare but potentially serious side effects including.
Redness of the skin.
If experienced these tend to have a severe expression.
People taking cholesterol lowering drugs called statins are 30 percent more likely to develop a serious back disorder.
Back pain and muscle problems are the most common side effect of the drug.
Muscular tenderness wasting or weakness.
Lower back or side pain tenderness around the eyes or cheekbones.
Now a new side effect has cropped up namely low back pain.
Croaky voice or hoarseness.
Atorvastatin is blockbuster molecule.
Myositis inflammation of the muscles.
Less common abdominal or stomach pain back pain belching or excessive gas constipation general feeling of discomfort or illness heartburn indigestion or stomach discomfort lack or loss of strength loss of appetite nausea shivering sweating trouble sleeping vomiting.
See below for a comprehensive list of adverse effects.
Given that we treat patients with back pain who take statins this new research of course has my full attention.
The new research was performed on more than 60 000 patients who were in the u s.
Statins could be causing your back pain.
Commonly reported side effects of atorvastatin include.
Pains in the stomach side or abdomen possibly radiating to the back.
Pinpoint red spots on the skin.
Both of which can cause severe pain numbness or loss of function.
