by Claire » Sun Apr 23, 2006 5:06 pm
I’ll make this as short as possible. My husband (55) started taking Lipidor in January. At the end of 1 month, he had a few aches, but just believed them to be normal stuff. Went to visit doc and as there were no adverse effects, kept taking them (10 mg/day). Pain got worse and so went to physiotherapy. Nothing helped. Went on holidays, was a bit better, but hardly worth mentioning. Once we got back, pain was so bad, he stopped taking Lipidor. His muscles and joints just completely freeze up. Once off the Lipidor, he was taking 2x292s, 2 back & muscle relaxants, and 6 advil for pain every 12 hours. In the last couple of weeks, he’s been taking CoQ10 (60 mg – 3/day) and B12 (1000 mcg – 1/day). No change. Added Glucosamine HCI Sodium Free (750 mg – 6/day) on Saturday (yesterday). Still getting worse. On top of the CoQ10, B12, and Glucosamine, he is now up to 6 advil, 3 muscle relaxants, and 3-4 292’s every 6-8 hours at least. The doctor wants to put him on prednisone which has side effects of weight gain and osteo. Can you offer any kind of help? We really don’t want any more drugs, but the pain is just going from bad to worse. His condition now - legs working, but lots of groin pains; can’t do anything with upper body, arm, wrist, finger pain make it so he can’t open pill bottles. No strength. This guy used to put in two hours every day at the gym until January, and now has trouble getting in and out of the car. Thanks for any help. Claire