Simvastatin and Joint Pain: What Users Say

• Joh...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• June 29, 2015

Zocor (simvastatin) for High Cholesterol "Started this med about 11 years ago. It dropped my level to below avg. I always associated my aches and pains to my age and activity level, but I've discontinued its use for about 3 weeks because my finger joints felt swollen and arthritic. I'm starting to feel a slow improvement. My additional symptoms are sore hips and other joints. To be fair, I won't be able to discern whether this is the drug or some other factor until staying off it longer."

• tmi...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 11, 2013

For High Cholesterol "Since I started taking simvastatin 20mg at bedtime, I am not sleeping well, joint pain, tiredness, and my acid reflux is so bad I can't stand it anymore. Not sure if the simvastatin is the problem, but was not having the issues with my acid reflux while taking my Nexium until I started taking simvastatin. Talked with my pharmacy, and they told me that the simvastatin does not worsen acid reflux. It does seem funny. I was not having a problem with it until I started taking the simvastatin."

• Anonymous
• July 20, 2011

For High Cholesterol "I've been on Lipitor and now simvastatin 80mg for the past 13 to 15 years. For most of these years I have had no side effects and my cholesterol went down from 238 to 104.2. I was exercising pretty regularly. However, during this past year I have started to feel a lot of joint pain in my shoulders and now in my hips. I used to walk and run on my treadmill and take walks with my wife but because of the hip pain I'm experiencing I no longer can walk farther than around the block. I also get very tired after about 3 to 4 hrs from getting up in the morning and need a nap. I am 60 years old."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 18, 2012

For High Cholesterol "It lowered my cholesterol from 258 to 221 after one month, but I have numbness in my extremities and pain in my ankles. I wake up with numb limbs and sore ankles every day since I started taking this."

• Anonymous
• July 29, 2009

For High Cholesterol "Been taking this for 4 months. Having joint pain and abdominal issues. Going to take a break to see how it gets better. Used to take Lipitor without issues."

• RCA...
• April 15, 2011

For High Cholesterol "For me, only simvastatin by Cobalt Labs did not cause severe muscle and joint pain. The others contain a filler that causes the pain."