Is PICA a side effect of CRESTOR ? ( FactMed.com )

About this FactMed analysis covering adverse side effect reports of CRESTOR patients who developed PICA.

FactMed provides MD-approved analysis to help both patients, researchers, and physicians accurately assess the risk profile for more than 20,000 different pharmaceutical products. The below report offers compiled information from Food & Drug Administration and FactMed user submissions. Between January 2004 and October 2012, 1 individuals taking CRESTOR reported PICA to the FDA. A total of 57104 CRESTOR drug adverse event reaction reports were made with the FDA during this time period. Often the FDA only receives reports of the most critical and severe cases; these numbers may therefore underrepresent the complication rate of the medication.

FDA Research Report

Introduction This page is designed to help you determine the relationship, if any, between CRESTOR and PICA. In doing so, we compare CRESTOR with other drugs that cause PICA, to help you evaluate whether or not CRESTOR causes PICA. Likewise, this page shows the most highly-reported side effects of CRESTOR, so you can see if PICA ranks among CRESTOR's most well-known side effects.

Summary Statistics
Reports of CRESTOR causing PICA: 1
Reports of any side effect of CRESTOR : 57104
Percentage of CRESTOR patients where PICA is a reported side effect: 0.0018%

FDA reports of any drug causing PICA : 59
Average percentage for all medicated patients where PICA is reported as a complication: 0.0004%

Physician opinion on CRESTOR as adverse event culprit:

Overall opinion for all reports of this drug:

Most frequent diagnoses/indications for prescribing CRESTOR:

BLOOD CHOLESTEROL INCREASED ( 8450 patients )
HYPERCHOLESTEROLAEMIA ( 4097 patients )
PRODUCT USED FOR UNKNOWN INDICATION ( 2846 patients )
HYPERLIPIDAEMIA ( 1945 patients )
BLOOD CHOLESTEROL ( 1358 patients )
DRUG USE FOR UNKNOWN INDICATION ( 1035 patients )
DYSLIPIDAEMIA ( 935 patients )
BLOOD CHOLESTEROL ABNORMAL ( 398 patients )
BLOOD TRIGLYCERIDES INCREASED ( 240 patients )
LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN INCREASED ( 183 patients )
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE ( 127 patients )
HYPERTENSION ( 99 patients )
LIPIDS INCREASED ( 96 patients )
PROPHYLAXIS ( 94 patients )
HYPERTRIGLYCERIDAEMIA ( 86 patients )
TYPE IIA HYPERLIPIDAEMIA ( 76 patients )
CARDIAC DISORDER ( 73 patients )
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS ( 58 patients )
HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN DECREASED ( 55 patients )
LIPIDS ABNORMAL ( 55 patients )
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION ( 53 patients )
DIABETES MELLITUS ( 40 patients )
CARDIOVASCULAR EVENT PROPHYLAXIS ( 35 patients )
MYOCARDIAL ISCHAEMIA ( 35 patients )
METABOLIC DISORDER ( 34 patients )
BLOOD CHOLESTEROL DECREASED ( 31 patients )
LIPIDS ( 27 patients )
ILL-DEFINED DISORDER ( 24 patients )
BLOOD TRIGLYCERIDES ( 22 patients )
HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN INCREASED ( 22 patients )
LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN ( 20 patients )
HYPOCHOLESTEROLAEMIA ( 16 patients )
ANGINA PECTORIS ( 15 patients )
CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT ( 15 patients )
LIPID METABOLISM DISORDER ( 14 patients )
HYPERCHLORAEMIA ( 14 patients )
LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN DECREASED ( 13 patients )
MIXED HYPERLIPIDAEMIA ( 13 patients )
DIABETES MELLITUS NON-INSULIN-DEPENDENT ( 13 patients )
ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASE ( 13 patients )
BLOOD PRESSURE ( 12 patients )
THROMBOSIS PROPHYLAXIS ( 11 patients )
C-REACTIVE PROTEIN INCREASED ( 10 patients )
PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISORDER ( 9 patients )
ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE PROPHYLAXIS ( 9 patients )
CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDER ( 9 patients )
CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE ( 8 patients )
MYALGIA ( 8 patients )
CORONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION ( 8 patients )
TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS ( 7 patients )
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ( 7 patients )
BLOOD TRIGLYCERIDES ABNORMAL ( 7 patients )
STENT PLACEMENT ( 7 patients )
CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION ( 7 patients )
RENAL DISORDER ( 6 patients )
INFARCTION ( 6 patients )
CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS ( 6 patients )
SEPSIS ( 6 patients )
ATHEROSCLEROSIS PROPHYLAXIS ( 6 patients )
ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION ( 6 patients )
ARTHRITIS ( 5 patients )
ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME ( 5 patients )
ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME ( 5 patients )
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS CORONARY ARTERY ( 5 patients )
PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASE ( 5 patients )
FOETAL EXPOSURE DURING PREGNANCY ( 5 patients )
VEIN DISORDER ( 4 patients )
RENAL FAILURE CHRONIC ( 4 patients )
HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN ( 4 patients )
ARTERIAL DISORDER ( 4 patients )
C-REACTIVE PROTEIN ABNORMAL ( 4 patients )
GASTROOESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE ( 4 patients )
BLOOD PRESSURE INCREASED ( 4 patients )
CORONARY ARTERIAL STENT INSERTION ( 4 patients )
TYPE V HYPERLIPIDAEMIA ( 4 patients )
HYPERLIPASAEMIA ( 4 patients )
BLOOD DISORDER ( 3 patients )
VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY ( 3 patients )
LIVER DISORDER ( 3 patients )
DRUG EXPOSURE DURING PREGNANCY ( 3 patients )
BLOOD PRESSURE ABNORMAL ( 3 patients )
OBSTRUCTION ( 3 patients )
RHABDOMYOLYSIS ( 3 patients )
ARTERIAL STENOSIS ( 3 patients )
CAROTID ARTERY STENOSIS ( 3 patients )
OSTEOARTHRITIS ( 3 patients )
BLOOD CORTICOTROPHIN DECREASED ( 3 patients )
HYPO HDL CHOLESTEROLAEMIA ( 3 patients )
MUSCLE SPASMS ( 3 patients )
ASTHMA ( 3 patients )
CARDIAC FAILURE ( 3 patients )
DRUG INTOLERANCE ( 3 patients )
LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN ABNORMAL ( 3 patients )
LDL/HDL RATIO INCREASED ( 3 patients )
ANGINA UNSTABLE ( 3 patients )
HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY ( 2 patients )
BLOOD LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE INCREASED ( 2 patients )
HEART VALVE INCOMPETENCE ( 2 patients )
ATHEROSCLEROSIS ( 2 patients )
IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA ( 2 patients )
MYOPATHY ( 2 patients )
ARTERIAL INSUFFICIENCY ( 2 patients )
MALAISE ( 2 patients )
VASCULAR BYPASS GRAFT ( 2 patients )
FAMILIAL RISK FACTOR ( 2 patients )
SKIN DISORDER ( 2 patients )
METABOLIC SYNDROME ( 2 patients )
CEREBRAL INFARCTION ( 2 patients )
PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION ( 2 patients )
VASOSPASM ( 2 patients )
THROMBOCYTOPENIA ( 2 patients )
CARDIAC ABLATION ( 2 patients )
BLOOD HOMOCYSTEINE INCREASED ( 2 patients )
CHOLESTEROSIS ( 2 patients )
HEPATIC STEATOSIS ( 2 patients )
PLAGUE ( 2 patients )
ARRHYTHMIA ( 2 patients )
TYPE II HYPERLIPIDAEMIA ( 2 patients )
ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK ( 2 patients )
RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION ( 2 patients )
ARTERIAL INJURY ( 2 patients )
POST PROCEDURAL COMPLICATION ( 2 patients )
CAROTID ARTERIOSCLEROSIS ( 2 patients )
CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY ( 2 patients )
CALCINOSIS ( 1 patients )
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ( 1 patients )
PYREXIA ( 1 patients )
ANTIPLATELET THERAPY ( 1 patients )
CHEST PAIN ( 1 patients )
GENERAL SYMPTOM ( 1 patients )
LIPOPROTEIN (A) ( 1 patients )
PANCREATITIS ( 1 patients )
ASTHENIA ( 1 patients )
DIABETES PROPHYLAXIS ( 1 patients )
MUSCULAR WEAKNESS ( 1 patients )
AORTIC ARTERIOSCLEROSIS ( 1 patients )
COLITIS ( 1 patients )
TOTAL CHOLESTEROL/HDL RATIO INCREASED ( 1 patients )
CARDIAC FAILURE CONGESTIVE ( 1 patients )
VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN DECREASED ( 1 patients )
APOLIPOPROTEIN E ( 1 patients )
COMPUTERISED TOMOGRAM CORONARY ARTERY ( 1 patients )
POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA ( 1 patients )
CARDIOMYOPATHY ( 1 patients )
DRUG LEVEL INCREASED ( 1 patients )
RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION ( 1 patients )
BLOOD PRESSURE SYSTOLIC INCREASED ( 1 patients )
POOR PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION ( 1 patients )
BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA ( 1 patients )
INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION ( 1 patients )
CORONARY ARTERY INSUFFICIENCY ( 1 patients )
HIGH FAT DIET ( 1 patients )
POSTOPERATIVE CARE ( 1 patients )
ULCER ( 1 patients )
ADVERSE EVENT ( 1 patients )
BLOOD CALCIUM INCREASED ( 1 patients )
EMOTIONAL DISORDER ( 1 patients )
ORGANIC ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION ( 1 patients )
CORONARY ARTERY RESTENOSIS ( 1 patients )
MEMORY IMPAIRMENT ( 1 patients )
CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS ( 1 patients )
PROTEIN TOTAL NORMAL ( 1 patients )
VASCULAR STENT INSERTION ( 1 patients )
ANGIOGRAM ABNORMAL ( 1 patients )
FLUID RETENTION ( 1 patients )
OVERDOSE ( 1 patients )
ARTHRALGIA ( 1 patients )
CALCIFICATION OF MUSCLE ( 1 patients )
DEMENTIA ( 1 patients )
ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY ( 1 patients )
CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT PROPHYLAXIS ( 1 patients )
PAIN IN EXTREMITY ( 1 patients )
ARTHROPATHY ( 1 patients )
RENAL ARTERY OCCLUSION ( 1 patients )
VENOUS OCCLUSION ( 1 patients )
AORTIC ANEURYSM ( 1 patients )
HEART RATE IRREGULAR ( 1 patients )
LIPOPROTEIN (A) INCREASED ( 1 patients )
TOTAL CHOLESTEROL/HDL RATIO ( 1 patients )
DIZZINESS ( 1 patients )
HYPOTHYROIDISM ( 1 patients )
RENAL FAILURE ACUTE ( 1 patients )
VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS ( 1 patients )
AORTIC STENOSIS ( 1 patients )
COMBINED HYPERLIPIDAEMIA ( 1 patients )
LIVER INJURY ( 1 patients )
TRANSIENT ISCHAEMIC ATTACK ( 1 patients )
ABASIA ( 1 patients )
CARDIAC STRESS TEST ( 1 patients )
RENAL VESSEL DISORDER ( 1 patients )
WEIGHT DECREASED ( 1 patients )
HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN ABNORMAL ( 1 patients )
POLYMYOSITIS ( 1 patients )
DRUG THERAPY ( 1 patients )
INFLAMMATION ( 1 patients )
OBESITY ( 1 patients )
ADVERSE DRUG REACTION ( 1 patients )
BLOOD CALCIUM ( 1 patients )
ISCHAEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY ( 1 patients )
OEDEMA PERIPHERAL ( 1 patients )
SCAN ABNORMAL ( 1 patients )
BLOOD TRIGLYCERIDES DECREASED ( 1 patients )
MEDICAL DEVICE CHANGE ( 1 patients )
PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE ( 1 patients )
UNEVALUABLE EVENT ( 1 patients )
AMNESIA ( 1 patients )
BLOOD CHLORIDE ABNORMAL ( 1 patients )
ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION ( 1 patients )
OROPHARYNGEAL PLAQUE ( 1 patients )
SKIN DISCOLOURATION ( 1 patients )

Drugs with high FDA adverse event association with PICA:

SEROQUEL (12 patients)
CLOZAPINE (9 patients)
FOSAMAX PLUS D (8 patients)
SYNTHROID (7 patients)
CLOZARIL (6 patients)
HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE (6 patients)
ALBUTEROL (5 patients)
ARICEPT (5 patients)
ASPIRIN (5 patients)
ZYPREXA (5 patients)
ADVAIR DISKUS 100/50 (4 patients)
CARBIDOPA AND LEVODOPA (4 patients)
CYMBALTA (4 patients)
DIAMOX (4 patients)
EFFEXOR (4 patients)
EXCEDRIN (MIGRAINE) (4 patients)
FOSAMAX (4 patients)
FUROSEMIDE (4 patients)
HORMONES (UNSPECIFIED) (4 patients)
IBUPROFEN (4 patients)
LORAZEPAM (4 patients)
MORPHINE (4 patients)
REBIF (4 patients)
RISPERDAL (4 patients)
SELENIUM SULFIDE (4 patients)
SINGULAIR (4 patients)
TEGRETOL (4 patients)
CELEBREX (3 patients)
CLONAZEPAM (3 patients)
CLOPIXOL (3 patients)
LEPTICUR (3 patients)
LEVOMEPROMAZINE (3 patients)
MIRAPEX (3 patients)
NASONEX (3 patients)
PURSENNID (3 patients)
RISPERIDONE (3 patients)
SHINLUCK (3 patients)
TYLENOL (3 patients)
XANAX (3 patients)
ABILIFY (2 patients)
ALEVE (2 patients)
ARIXTRA (2 patients)
ATENOLOL (2 patients)
CALCITRIOL (2 patients)
CALCIUM CARBONATE (2 patients)
CALCIUM WITH VITAMIN D (2 patients)
CLONIDINE (2 patients)
CLOPIDOGREL (2 patients)
COUMADIN (2 patients)
DEPAKOTE (2 patients)
DILTIAZEM HCL (2 patients)
DIPROLENE (2 patients)
ESTRADIOL (2 patients)
FEXOFENADINE HCL (2 patients)
FLUOXETINE HCL (2 patients)
FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE (2 patients)
GLUCAGON (2 patients)
GLUCOSE TABLET (2 patients)
INSULIN HUMAN REQULAR (2 patients)
LABETALOL HCL (2 patients)
LAMICTAL (2 patients)
LODINE (2 patients)
LOXAPINE HCL (2 patients)
METFORMIN HCL (2 patients)
MOBIC (2 patients)
MULTI-VITAMIN (2 patients)
MULTI-VITAMINS (2 patients)
NASACORT (2 patients)
ORIGINAL ALKA-SELTZER TABLETS (2 patients)
PROPOXYPHENE NAPSYLATE (2 patients)
PROTONIX (2 patients)
SODIUM CHLORIDE (2 patients)
TERCIAN (2 patients)
TRAZODONE HCL (2 patients)
TYLENOL (CAPLET) (2 patients)
VALPROIC ACID (2 patients)
VITAMIN E (2 patients)
ZOLOFT (2 patients)
ZYPREXA/SYMBYAX (OLANZAPINE) (2 patients)
ZYRTEC (2 patients)
ACTONEL (1 patients)
ARTANE (1 patients)
ATIVAN (1 patients)
BROTIZOLAM (1 patients)
BYETTA (1 patients)
CALCIFEROL (1 patients)
CANNABIS (1 patients)
CHANTIX (1 patients)
CHLORPROMAZINE (1 patients)
COLACE (1 patients)
CONCERTA (1 patients)
COREG (1 patients)
COUGH, COLD, AND FLU THERAPIES (UNSPECIFIED) (1 patients)
CRESTOR (1 patients)
DEPAKENE (1 patients)
DILANTIN (1 patients)
DIOVAN (1 patients)
EFFEXOR XR (1 patients)
ENALAPRIL (1 patients)
EPIVIR-HBV (1 patients)
EPOGEN (1 patients)
FERROUS SULFATE TAB (1 patients)
FLOMAX /01280302/ (1 patients)
FLUNITRAZEPAM (1 patients)
FOLIC ACID (1 patients)
HALOPERIDOL (1 patients)
IRON (1 patients)
KUVAN (1 patients)
LANSOPRAZOLE (1 patients)
LASIX (1 patients)
LAXATIVES (1 patients)
LITHIUM (1 patients)
LOTREL (1 patients)
LULLAN (PEROSPIRONE HYDROCHLORIDE) (1 patients)
LUPRON DEPOT (1 patients)
MAGNEVIST (1 patients)
MEGESTROL ACETATE (1 patients)
MORTIN (1 patients)
NAMENDA (1 patients)
NEXIUM (1 patients)
NIPEREX (1 patients)
NOZINAN (LEVOMEPROMAZINE) (1 patients)
NUVARING (1 patients)
ONGLYZA (1 patients)
OXYCODONE HCL (1 patients)
OXYCONTIN (1 patients)
PERCOCET (1 patients)
PHENOBARBITAL (1 patients)
PLAVIX (1 patients)
PREDNISONE (1 patients)
PROMETHAZINE DM (1 patients)
PROPERICIAZINE (PERICIAZINE) (1 patients)
PROTONIX /01263201/ (1 patients)
SIMVASTATIN (1 patients)
SINGULAIR (TABLETS) MONTELUKAST SODIUM TABLETS (1 patients)
STABLON (1 patients)
TOPAMAX (1 patients)
TRIAZOLAM (1 patients)
TYLENOL-500 (1 patients)
TYSABRI (1 patients)

Most common side effects for patients taking CRESTOR:

MYALGIA (4284 patients)
PAIN IN EXTREMITY (2937 patients)
NAUSEA (2747 patients)
FATIGUE (2614 patients)
ASTHENIA (2444 patients)
PAIN (2444 patients)
DIZZINESS (2338 patients)
HEADACHE (2259 patients)
DYSPNOEA (2189 patients)
MALAISE (2081 patients)
ARTHRALGIA (2048 patients)
MUSCLE SPASMS (2007 patients)
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (1833 patients)
DIARRHOEA (1818 patients)
FLUSHING (1793 patients)
DRUG INEFFECTIVE (1747 patients)
FALL (1574 patients)
BACK PAIN (1570 patients)
OEDEMA PERIPHERAL (1542 patients)
MUSCULAR WEAKNESS (1492 patients)
CHEST PAIN (1490 patients)
VOMITING (1467 patients)
RHABDOMYOLYSIS (1451 patients)
PRURITUS (1401 patients)
INSOMNIA (1375 patients)
BLOOD CHOLESTEROL INCREASED (1366 patients)
DRUG DOSE OMISSION (1354 patients)
WEIGHT DECREASED (1315 patients)
HYPERTENSION (1205 patients)
BLOOD CREATINE PHOSPHOKINASE INCREASED (1148 patients)
GAIT DISTURBANCE (1137 patients)
CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (1111 patients)
BLOOD GLUCOSE INCREASED (1107 patients)
ANXIETY (1102 patients)
WEIGHT INCREASED (1090 patients)
ABDOMINAL PAIN (1044 patients)
DEPRESSION (1041 patients)
RENAL FAILURE ACUTE (1028 patients)
PARAESTHESIA (1014 patients)
FEELING ABNORMAL (1009 patients)
PYREXIA (986 patients)
CONSTIPATION (971 patients)
RENAL FAILURE (962 patients)
ABDOMINAL PAIN UPPER (940 patients)
RASH (938 patients)
HYPOAESTHESIA (902 patients)
PNEUMONIA (890 patients)
COUGH (889 patients)
DIABETES MELLITUS (873 patients)
GASTROOESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (839 patients)
ALOPECIA (789 patients)
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (766 patients)
BLOOD PRESSURE INCREASED (730 patients)
ANAEMIA (710 patients)
DRUG INTERACTION (709 patients)
DEHYDRATION (708 patients)
TREMOR (685 patients)
ERYTHEMA (677 patients)
BLOOD TRIGLYCERIDES INCREASED (676 patients)
DYSPEPSIA (675 patients)
CARDIAC DISORDER (661 patients)
DECREASED APPETITE (660 patients)
SOMNOLENCE (650 patients)
HYPERHIDROSIS (649 patients)
HYPOTENSION (642 patients)
VISION BLURRED (641 patients)
CARDIAC FAILURE CONGESTIVE (610 patients)
LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS (595 patients)
BLOOD CREATININE INCREASED (594 patients)
ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT (591 patients)
MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN (589 patients)
FEELING HOT (585 patients)
PALPITATIONS (576 patients)
CONFUSIONAL STATE (570 patients)
ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE INCREASED (550 patients)
DEATH (541 patients)
CHEST DISCOMFORT (533 patients)
ARTHRITIS (532 patients)
AMNESIA (526 patients)
BURNING SENSATION (516 patients)
URINARY TRACT INFECTION (513 patients)
MEMORY IMPAIRMENT (507 patients)
ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE INCREASED (507 patients)
HEPATIC ENZYME INCREASED (505 patients)
PANCREATITIS (502 patients)
ABDOMINAL DISTENSION (498 patients)
INJURY (497 patients)
HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN DECREASED (493 patients)
NECK PAIN (489 patients)
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE (481 patients)
DRY MOUTH (475 patients)
URTICARIA (463 patients)
JOINT SWELLING (462 patients)
CONDITION AGGRAVATED (447 patients)
NASOPHARYNGITIS (446 patients)
SYNCOPE (443 patients)
OFF LABEL USE (439 patients)
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (436 patients)
OSTEOARTHRITIS (429 patients)
NEUROPATHY PERIPHERAL (428 patients)
BRONCHITIS (426 patients)
LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN INCREASED (426 patients)
BALANCE DISORDER (415 patients)
CONTUSION (413 patients)
LIVER FUNCTION TEST ABNORMAL (408 patients)
CHILLS (405 patients)
RENAL IMPAIRMENT (405 patients)
ILL-DEFINED DISORDER (403 patients)
HEART RATE INCREASED (403 patients)
ABASIA (402 patients)
CONVULSION (402 patients)
POLLAKIURIA (401 patients)
HYPERSENSITIVITY (399 patients)
MUSCULOSKELETAL STIFFNESS (395 patients)
FLATULENCE (390 patients)
WRONG TECHNIQUE IN DRUG USAGE PROCESS (389 patients)
DYSGEUSIA (388 patients)
DYSPHAGIA (376 patients)
HOT FLUSH (374 patients)
ASTHMA (363 patients)
CORONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION (353 patients)
LIVER DISORDER (352 patients)
INTENTIONAL DRUG MISUSE (350 patients)
CHROMATURIA (343 patients)
TRANSIENT ISCHAEMIC ATTACK (342 patients)
HYPERLIPIDAEMIA (335 patients)
VISUAL IMPAIRMENT (334 patients)
INFLUENZA LIKE ILLNESS (334 patients)
INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE (332 patients)
ANGINA PECTORIS (331 patients)
SWELLING (326 patients)
TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS (322 patients)
OEDEMA (320 patients)
NEOPLASM MALIGNANT (315 patients)
INCORRECT DOSE ADMINISTERED (307 patients)
HAEMORRHAGE (306 patients)
PLEURAL EFFUSION (306 patients)
PULMONARY EMBOLISM (304 patients)
SINUSITIS (304 patients)
BONE PAIN (303 patients)
DYSURIA (301 patients)
SEPSIS (298 patients)
EPISTAXIS (298 patients)
DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS (295 patients)
THROMBOCYTOPENIA (294 patients)
CATARACT (293 patients)
CHOLELITHIASIS (291 patients)
DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY (291 patients)
NERVOUSNESS (285 patients)
HAEMOGLOBIN DECREASED (284 patients)
CARDIAC FAILURE (283 patients)
ADVERSE EVENT (283 patients)
ARRHYTHMIA (282 patients)
GENERAL PHYSICAL HEALTH DETERIORATION (281 patients)
BLOOD PRESSURE DECREASED (279 patients)
STRESS (278 patients)
INTERNATIONAL NORMALISED RATIO INCREASED (278 patients)
INFECTION (274 patients)
OROPHARYNGEAL PAIN (274 patients)
CELLULITIS (272 patients)
HYPERKALAEMIA (272 patients)
PLATELET COUNT DECREASED (272 patients)
ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT (268 patients)
HEPATIC FUNCTION ABNORMAL (268 patients)
EMOTIONAL DISTRESS (264 patients)
TACHYCARDIA (263 patients)
CARDIAC ARREST (263 patients)
INFLUENZA (263 patients)
SWELLING FACE (259 patients)
BLOOD GLUCOSE DECREASED (257 patients)
RESPIRATORY FAILURE (256 patients)
GOUT (254 patients)
BLOOD UREA INCREASED (253 patients)
RENAL FAILURE CHRONIC (252 patients)
HYPERCHOLESTEROLAEMIA (249 patients)
LETHARGY (249 patients)
MIGRAINE (249 patients)
BREAST CANCER (247 patients)
OSTEOPOROSIS (247 patients)
MOBILITY DECREASED (247 patients)
STENT PLACEMENT (247 patients)
VERTIGO (246 patients)
HAEMATURIA (245 patients)
HYPOGLYCAEMIA (244 patients)
RENAL DISORDER (243 patients)
DYSPHONIA (243 patients)
NEPHROLITHIASIS (241 patients)
PANCREATITIS ACUTE (241 patients)
MYOPATHY (239 patients)
TINNITUS (237 patients)
THROMBOSIS (234 patients)
BONE DISORDER (234 patients)
HYPOKALAEMIA (229 patients)
OSTEONECROSIS OF JAW (229 patients)
BRADYCARDIA (229 patients)
HEPATITIS (229 patients)
INTERVERTEBRAL DISC PROTRUSION (228 patients)
GASTROINTESTINAL HAEMORRHAGE (227 patients)
ARTHROPATHY (227 patients)
ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION (226 patients)
SPEECH DISORDER (224 patients)
SLEEP DISORDER (223 patients)
SUICIDAL IDEATION (222 patients)
ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASE (219 patients)
HYPERGLYCAEMIA (218 patients)
HIATUS HERNIA (216 patients)
INAPPROPRIATE SCHEDULE OF DRUG ADMINISTRATION (214 patients)
SKIN BURNING SENSATION (213 patients)
MUSCLE ATROPHY (212 patients)
HEART RATE IRREGULAR (212 patients)

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QUESTION LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS	Is my taking Crestor 10 mg/day for past three months more than just an activity correlated with the recent onset of the sudden daytime sleep events which I now experience?	2015-03-29 17:58:40
QUESTION PHOTOPHOBIA	Hello I have been on 5 mg of Crestor for 2 years and now have photo phobia, has anyone else suffered this problem	2015-03-30 05:55:24
QUESTION GROIN PAIN	Took Crestor for about 3 months one tablet every other day. After a month, developed sever groin pain to the extent was not able to walk without limping, sit with legs crossed. I discontinued the drug suspecting that. It took almost 2-3 months for the groin pain to go away after drug stopped. Other side effect that I got and that is still going on, is loss of libido and no erection.	2015-04-23 21:45:55
QUESTION NIGHT SWEATS	What can cause night sweats in a 71 yr old white female.	2015-04-26 17:47:28
QUESTION MEMORY IMPAIRMENT	Can Crestor cause memory loss?	2015-05-15 08:19:18
QUESTION MEMORY IMPAIRMENT	Can Crestor cause memory loss?	2015-05-15 08:20:43
QUESTION DYSFUNCTIONAL UTERINE BLEEDING	I am 68 yrs old (long past menopause) and am experiencing vaginal bleeding after taking Crestor for 5 days. Could there be a connection?	2015-05-24 16:35:57
QUESTION CHEST PAIN	can crestor cause memory loss?	2015-06-11 00:25:46
QUESTION DRUG INTERACTION	I am taking 5mg Sandoz-Rovastatin with 5mg Rovastatin Calcium and sandoz-TamsulosinCR 4mg with Tamsulosin Hydrochloride 4mg at night time are there any after effects from taking the two drugs together?	2015-06-20 07:54:37
QUESTION LARYNGITIS	Has anyone noticed a permanent hoarseness and change in voice after using Crestor?	2015-07-03 22:11:54
QUESTION NIGHT SWEATS	Definite night sweats on Crestor at 1/2 of a 5 milligram every other day. Began very first day I took it	2015-08-09 23:34:53
QUESTION BLADDER CANCER	my husband takes crestor since 2004(he made a thrombosis -AVC-)-now he has a bladder cancer-he has been operated a first time on 27/8;and must be operated another time on 1/10-is there a Relationship between his bladder cancer and the stake of Crestor? thank you for your answer(ghglenisson@hotmail.com- belgium)	2015-09-09 17:25:07
QUESTION NEGATIVE THOUGHTS	My Husband has Aspergers ( autism spectrum disorder) since taking Crestor his negative attitude, especially blaming me for everything, is worse. He now definitely has memory loss, puts all his energy into explaining why nothing will work out, so makes up excuses why it is best to do nothing.	2015-09-25 07:08:25
QUESTION ANGER	Can Crestor trigger frequent anger outbursts?	2015-09-27 00:11:51
QUESTION NEUROFIBROMA	I have a neurofibroma in the arch of my right foot. I've been on Crestor 10mg for 1 1/2 years. Could this be the cause of the fibroma?	2015-10-01 20:00:09
QUESTION VAGINAL DISCHARGE	Does Rosuvastatin cause a vaginal discharge	2015-10-25 06:22:12
QUESTION HICCUPS	Been on 10 mg of Crestor and have hiccups 24/7 plus severe hand psoriasis	2015-10-27 14:36:48
QUESTION NIGHT SWEATS	On Crestor x3 days evening 10mg dose, sweating profusely within minutes. SEVERE night sweats (all bedding soaked from top to bottom) within two hours. Room temp 68F. Wake up wet and shivering. Tried w/wo nightclothes, sleeping on pure cotton sheets, terrycloth bath sheets, all still soaked.	2015-10-29 02:18:35
QUESTION WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT INCREASED	Does crestor reduce white boodcells	2015-11-17 15:01:58
QUESTION SINUSITIS	Can crestor cause sinus problems and memory loss?	2015-11-24 07:55:54
QUESTION IRRITABILITY	My husband has been taking creator now for about 8 weeks. He seems to be uncharacteristically angry lately. Can creator cause this type of behavior?	2015-11-30 20:07:07
QUESTION COLON CANCER STAGE III	In 2011 I was given Crestor after receiving a stint for a blockage in my artery. Now in late 2014 I stopped taking the crestor due to stomach pains. In February 2015 I was diagnosed with STAGE 3 colon cancer.	2015-12-06 20:20:22
QUESTION FOLLICULITIS	Any reports of Crestor causing folliculitis	2015-12-26 20:09:16
QUESTION SPINAL CORD INJURY	does crestor affect bowl movements	2016-01-16 20:24:06
QUESTION URINARY INCONTINENCE	I stopped Crestor and quickly developed urinary incontinence	2016-01-19 18:49:15
QUESTION LICHEN PLANUS	I've been taking creator and developed a a rash, purples spots going up my thigh up my hip around my hip going up my back. When to see dermatologist and as soon as he saw it asked if I was taking creator. I said yes and he said stop it. It gave me lichen disease! I was one of the lucky ones, I got it on my thigh, waist and back. Most women get it on the vagina and anus! Some get it on their neck and moves down the chest. He said I should be rid of it in 3 months. It totally disappeared after 1 year!! My primary doctor refused to believe it was creator! He wanted me to continue with it! I found another doctor!	2016-02-07 07:40:40
QUESTION MACULAR DEGENERATION	My 53 year old husband started taking 40 mg of Crestor in June of 2015, then in August our ophthalmologist told him he thought he had macular generation and needed to see a retinal specialist. Since then he has established a baseline on the Amsler Grid in December, and now worse in February. If you go off of Crestor does your vision get better my husband is getting bad fast?	2016-02-11 22:58:03
QUESTION SLEEP WALKING	Can Crestor cause sleep walking?	2016-02-14 11:55:55
QUESTION OESOPHAGITIS	Can crestor cause acid reflux or gerd	2016-02-15 15:45:53
QUESTION LEUKOPENIA	We just found out My mom has leukemia. She has been taking crestor for over 10 years. She is weak, no energy and her bones hurt, and she has been short of breath due to not having any energy.	2016-02-19 09:15:03
QUESTION DYSTONIA	I started taking Crestor 10 mg in ,I think 2004,after starting with Lipitor in 2002. The change was at my request after having so many "Lipitor induced polymyositis" muscle biopsies coming in to the Histpathology lab. that I was working in. I was diagnosed as having Essential tremor in 2011/2012, which changed to Dystonia, in my left hand only, after a number of visits to specialists in two hospitals. My cholesterol dropped to 4.5, so went on 5 mg once a day. In November, my cholesterol had dropped to 3.5mg, so my GP took me off Crestor completely, and said to review my lipid profile in May. Now my right hand has very mild symptoms. I am 75 y.o., and all my other chemistry ,including LFTs are almost middle of the normal range. Staying off Crestor, do you think that the dystonia might reverse, and is it possible that Crestor may have caused it.. I have been on Madopar (Levadopa and Benserazide )without any improvement in my Dystonia.	2016-02-20 21:11:08
QUESTION OSTEOPOROSIS	can interfere with Osteoporosis meds??? Can take Calcium?	2016-02-26 11:01:14
QUESTION VITAMIN B12 DEFICIENCY	My cholesterol has lowered significantly over the last 2 years on Crestor.unfortunately so has my vitamin b 12. is there a correlation and will taking b12 reverse this? I stopped Lipitor and zocor because of muscle cramps.	2016-02-28 22:50:11
QUESTION NIGHT SWEATS	can creator cause night swats	2016-03-19 10:20:35
QUESTION BREAST TENDERNESS	Sharp pains in the nipples of breasts , pain in my side and depression 10mg 3 days a week of Crestor I would like to stop taking Crestor	2016-04-08 17:44:47
QUESTION WHEEZING	Can Crestor cause wheezing/asthma symptoms	2016-04-09 09:37:58
QUESTION GLAUCOMA	i am on borderline glaucoma take 5 ml crestor is it bad for my eyes .does it cause cateracts thankyou	2016-04-20 01:19:21
QUESTION ACNE	I took creator for about two years and when I stopped, started getting acne no matter what I ate. Could this be caused from coenziem depletion -crestor side effect?	2016-04-24 09:38:06
QUESTION PERICARDIAL EFFUSIONMALIGNANT	I resently spent 3 weeks in the hospital with severe chest pain and shortness of breath. None of my Dr.'s could find out what was going on with me but knew there was something wrong because of my vital signs and breathing. After all kinds of ct.scans, x-rays and blood tests, they finally found blood trapped in the paricardial sack squeezing my heart. They did a paricardial window and drained 550 cc's of blood off my heart and left a hose draining out for another 4 days. However, I was still having a very hard time breathing. They then saw that I now had fluid on my lungs. The pulmonary Dr. drained (again) 550 cc's of fluid off my left lung. The right wasn't so bad and he left that lung alone. They ended up treating me with steroids and said they felt the pain was because my chest had been through so much trauma. After seeing this about Crestor, (and statens) I am wondering if that could be the cause? It has been frustrating because four specialist and their partners could not tell me why it happened or if it will ever happen again!	2016-05-06 20:56:46
QUESTION ACNE	CAN LIPOTOR CAUSE CYSTIC ACNE	2016-05-16 22:28:13
QUESTION BALANCE DISORDER	I have a balance disorder and it seemed to have appeared about the time that I first started taking Crestor ,also take medicinal aspirin. Have had cat scan, MRI, examined by MD and neurologist but Crestor was never suggested as a cause. I have to take Gravol before physical activity to prevent vomiting. On anything but a floor surface, I usually feel that I am on the deck of a ship at sea. Has anybody else had any of these experiences.	2016-05-25 10:58:15
QUESTION MACULAR HOLE	I took Creator for 10 days and my vision blurred. Had macular holes in both eyes. Now legally blind.	2016-05-27 10:22:57
QUESTION LARYNGITIS	I have been taking Crestor for 2 weeks and developers laryngitis . Is this a side effect ?	2016-06-02 21:00:07
QUESTION URINARY TRACT INFECTION STAPHYLOCOCCAL	i have been on crestor 20mg for many years.the last 6 months i have been getting utis including spoadic blood in my urine.could crestor be causing hese?	2016-06-06 23:08:54
QUESTION VAGINITIS BACTERIAL	I have been taking Crestor, 5mg. for about 2 years. Started having severe leg cramps at night that would wake me up. Last September I had leg pains or aching and could only walk short distances. Also, around last September I had the vaginal burning sensation. Now my doctor seems to think that the leg pain and vaginal burning are the cause of Crestor, and to stop taking it. I also have spinal stenosis, sciatica on left side, and neurogenic claudication. Do you think the leg cramps when walking and vaginal burning sensation are from Crestor?	2016-06-09 16:10:12
QUESTION URINARY TRACT INFECTION STAPHYLOCOCCAL	Have been having recurrent U T I FOR ABOUT 9 MONTHS, COULD CRESTOR BE CAUSING THIS? i GET IT ONCE EVERY 4 MONTHS.	2016-06-10 11:59:05
QUESTION CREST SYNDROME	I have been on Crestor for 2 years and have just been diagnosed with CREST syndrome. Is there a correlation? No family history of this disorder known. Should I stop crestor? I was placed on it as a preventive/high LDL which is genetic.	2016-06-13 15:15:41
QUESTION MACULAR HOLE	I took Creator for 10 days and my vision blyred. Went to a reintonoligist and had huge bilateral macular holes. I am now legally blind and have had 15 plus surgeries. Ant other similar problems? Bhbcpht@gmail.com	2016-06-13 20:52:45
QUESTION OSTEONECROSIS	Is there a link between taking crestor and avascular necrosis(osteonecrosis) of the hip?	2016-06-16 10:42:01
QUESTION PSORIASIS	I began taking Crestor and high blood pressure pills a few years ago. Within less than a year I developed psoriasis and went through several months of severe outbreaks on my hands and feet. I was able to see a dermatologist after about 5 months and he was able to get my psoriasis under control with methotrexate. I had stopped taking all other medications. More recently I restarted taking the same medications (Crestor and high blood pressure pills) along with the methotrexate. Within a few weeks the psoriasis outbreaks returned. My doctor is telling me that there is no connection between psoriasis and crestor; I am having serious doubts. I don't know what to do anymore; psoriasis is very unpleasant and I would like to have a somewhat normal life. Today I was advised by the doctor that I could take Lipitor instead of Crestor but am unsure what to do.	2016-07-13 00:50:24
QUESTION MYELITIS TRANSVERSE	my husband of 87 years developed transverse myelitis 4 years ago, which came on gradually.The doctorsle to walk and confined to a wheelchair; theof the opinion that it did not behave like transverse myelitis but others said it did. He has not been able to feel anything from the waist down but he says that his feet feel very cold sometimes. I have tried everything but nothing works; the doctors said that certain nerves were damaged in the lower back and they have to regenerate on its own, it takes very long.My husband was a very active athlete,boxing and weightlifting and a cleanliver.What can help?	2016-07-15 17:33:22
QUESTION MYELITIS TRANSVERSE	my husband of 87 years developed transverse myelitis 4 years ago, which came on gradually.The doctorsle to walk and confined to a wheelchair; theof the opinion that it did not behave like transverse myelitis but others said it did. He has not been able to feel anything from the waist down but he says that his feet feel very cold sometimes. I have tried everything but nothing works; the doctors said that certain nerves were damaged in the lower back and they have to regenerate on its own, it takes very long.My husband was a very active athlete,boxing and weightlifting and a cleanliver.What can help?	2016-07-15 21:28:06
QUESTION PLATELET COUNT DECREASED	If my platlets are down and I am taking Crestor how can I get my platlets back to a normal range ?	2016-07-29 13:41:10
QUESTION ACNE	I am 52 year old. any recently have developed Cystic Acne, my eating habits are the same, the only thing I can relate this too is the Crestor. Please advise.	2016-08-07 14:32:39
QUESTION NEPHRITIS	I have nephritis. Should I be taking creator.	2016-08-12 03:52:15
QUESTION IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS	My father took Crestor for several years. Shortly after starting Crestor he started coughing and not one Doctor could tell him why. My dad took Crestor starting in 2005 and stopped a couple of years ago. In Sept. 2014 he was diagnosed with IPF. My dad was not a smoker. The shortness of breath, coughing and fatigue all came on while on Crestor. Are there any documented cases of Crestor and fibrosis of the lungs?	2016-09-01 21:21:23
QUESTION HYPERSENSITIVITY	Can well managed BP become uncontrolled after Crestot?	2016-09-30 09:19:07
QUESTION VITREOUS FLOATERS	For 1 week I have been taking Crestor 20mg and about to move to 40 mg. Two days ago I developed a floater in my right eye......I've never had these before. Also my chest feels tight and sore more and more. (I had a CABG4 in mid-May). I was on 80mg of Lipitor and was having trouble with muscles and joints cramping after sleeping on a mattress at night but no significant other issues.... (I still have the cramping, but it's not as severe). This is why we were trying Crestor. What do you suggest?	2016-10-05 11:19:37
QUESTION OSTEOPOROSIS	I took Creston for two years and over time noticed I had weak muscles while trying to go up stairs. I found out my bones are not healthy as they have always been. I was told that I have Osteoporosis. I wonder how many other people have osteoporosis because of Crestor.	2016-10-19 06:36:21
QUESTION MUSCLE TWITCHING	I have had muscle twitches mostly in my legs and sometimes flanks, arms, and eyelids since being on Crestor every other day for a few years. It's worse now. My EMG tests a couple years ago were normal. Is this a side effect?	2016-10-20 00:43:06
QUESTION ROSACEA	Does 30 mg. Of crestor per week cause rosacea? I have it now and have never had it before. I've been taking crestor about 2 or 3 years.	2016-10-23 17:35:54
QUESTION BALANCE DISORDER	Since taking Crestor my balance is worse and I require a cane to walk	2016-10-30 08:25:37
QUESTION VAGINAL BURNING SENSATION	What can I do about the vaginal burning taking Crestor?	2016-11-16 10:28:04
QUESTION VAGINAL BURNING SENSATION	does crestor cause vaginal irritation	2016-11-19 11:23:03
QUESTION BREAST CANCER	Had surgery on 1/4/17 for left malignant breast cancer, mixed infiltrating ductal and lobular carcinoma, also lumpectomy, lymphedema and seroma, painful. I noticed more cancers than when I first saw this site. How many are known and how can I find out. I also have myopathy, pancreas, kidney and liver pain and now the breast.	2017-01-30 17:51:55
QUESTION PANCYTOPENIA	Can a dose of crestor [20mg] along with ezetrol [10mg] and ENTROPHEN 325MG taken daily over twenty years cause pancytopenia?	2017-02-14 08:49:43
QUESTION PLATELET COUNT DECREASED	Does Crestor 20mg daily cause low platelet count?	2017-02-18 10:40:38
QUESTION OESOPHAGEAL CANDIDIASIS	I have been diagnosed with oesophagus candidiasis, fatty liver and blocked gall bladder. I get severe pain in all areas of my stomach, chest pains like a heart attack, all these seem to have started around or just after crestor, I have had numerous blood tests nothing shows up,doctors don't know the cause or cure. I have asked about crestor being the cause or side effect, please can anyone help	2017-04-05 19:10:09
QUESTION LIPASE INCREASED	Can crestor elevate your lipase levels?	2017-05-06 12:15:06
QUESTION PLATELET COUNT DECREASED	My blood platelets were low at around 84. After taking Crestor for one month, the count has dropped to 62! Is there a connection? Should I stop Crestor?	2017-07-16 14:20:55

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