I am a diabetic & kept it under control via diet. 2 years + I was out on Crestor and after 1 yr. began to lose weight , 23lbs, lost a lot of muscle mass and strength, or weakness. These side effects went ignored by my PCP. with a year I have had 2 femoral stents, both became blocked in a few months. less than 2 mo. Ago I had a general transplant /bypass while being on plavix since the first surgery. Since the surgery I have had elevated blood glucose, HBP, unexplained bruising, dizziness, dry blistered skin, premature aging, shortness of breath, headaches, and other side effects. The worse symptoms came to life 1 1/2 hr. After taking plavix. Moved up time and it repeated itself. I removed plavix and Crestor from my regiment and symptoms are slowly subsiding.is aspirin alone enough to safely thin my blood enough for the femoral transplant. Sorry for the long story but u surely should weigh the overall issues. My skin has quit drying out since I quit Crestor. Right now i cannot walk without my calves literally hurting from muscle loss does Big Pharma have that big of an influence on doctors that they won't admit the truth about these meds or are these doctors just plain stupid? It took a lot of research to find these side effects. Please help me !!!!!