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November 24th
2006
6:14 PM
I AM A 58 YEAR OLD FEMALE WITH THE FOLLOWING MEDICAL PROBLEMS: PARATHYROIDECTOMY, HAITAL HERNIA, GASTROSTITIS, FYBROMYALGIA, RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, CORPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME, AND HAVE HAD SURGERIES FOR GALLBLADDER, FIBROID TUMORS, INJECTION TO MY KNEES FOR THE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. AT ONE TIME I WAS PLACED ON ZOCAR FOR CHOLESTEROL, MY LEGS BEGAN TO GIVE AWAY ON ME. I HAVE BEEN TAKING CRESTOR 10MG FOR THE PAST TWO (2) MONTHS AND I CANNOT GET ANY RELIEF FROM SEVERE PAIN ALL OVER MY BODY, AND MUST UTILIZE A CANE TO WALK, GET OUT OF BED, AND CANNOT HARDLY TAKE CARE OF MYSELF. I HAVE HAD TO BE PICKED UP OFF THE FLOOR DUE TO THE SEVERE PAIN IN MY LEGS AND MY BODY, IT SEEMS AS IF I AM LOOSING CONTROL. THIS DID NOT HAPPEN UNTIL I WAS PRESCRIBED TO CRESTOR. I WILL DISCUSS THIS WITH MY PHYSICIAN, BUT UNTIL I SEE HIM AGAIN, I FEEL IT IS BETTER THAT I STOP TAKING THIS MEDICATION. I HAVE NEVER HAD A PAIN THAT NOTHING HELPED ME. THE MOST THAT I CAN DO NOW IS LIE IN BED AND TRY TO TURN FROM SIDE TO SIDE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF MY FAMILY. THIS IS NOT ME. I WONDER IF THERE IS ANOTHER MEDICATION THAT I CAN TAKE FOR MY CHOLESTEROL SINCE I HAVE HAD THE ZOCAR AND IT WORKED AGAINST ME, AND NOW I FEEL THAT THE CRESTOR IS WORKING AGAINST ME? THANK YOU KINDLY FOR YOU ATTENTION IN READING THIS INFORMATION.
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