What Causes Fatigue And Weakness While On Lipitor?

Posted on Sun, 31 Jan 2016

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Sun, 31 Jan 2016 Answered on

Mon, 21 Mar 2016 Last reviewed on

Question : I'm on 40mg Lipitor, but I'm having fatigue,weakness lack of energy issues.

Answered by Dr. Saumya Mittal (15 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Side effect of the medicine

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
I am Dr Mittal. I have read your message. I think I can help you.
The symptoms of the query are quite suggestive of a possible myalgia due to the medicine.
From the query, I am not sure why statins were started in the first place.
The solution for your problem is that you need to stop the medicine and restart it at a later date on a lower dose.
You can also try other medicines like finofibrate but they too have side effects.
I have tried to make it as simple as possible. I hope that the information contained in this message will be able to help you find the best solution for your problem. Best of luck. Dr Mittal

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