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What Causes Muscle Pain, Swelling In Shoulders, Arms And Hands While On Lipitor?
Question: what would cause muscle pain and swelling in the shoulders, arms, hands, hips, and legs? I have taken Lipitor for the last 10 years for high cholesterol. Is there any relationship that could be caused by the drug?
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male - age 83
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male - age 83
Brief Answer:
Swelling of joints is unlikely to be a side effect of Lipitor
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome and thanks for your query.
If there is swelling of many joints, it is Polyarthritis and this requires to be investigated.
Pain in joints may occur in about 1 in 20 people taking Lipitor. Muscle pain occurs in less number of users. Swelling of the joints is not a usual side effect.
Swelling of joints is unlikely to be a side effect of Lipitor
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome and thanks for your query.
If there is swelling of many joints, it is Polyarthritis and this requires to be investigated.
Pain in joints may occur in about 1 in 20 people taking Lipitor. Muscle pain occurs in less number of users. Swelling of the joints is not a usual side effect.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
what is Polyarthritis? what is treatment for It?
Brief Answer:
Arthritis involving multiple joints
Detailed Answer:
Polyarthritis involves swelling, pain, redness and restriction of movements of many joints. It can occur in a number of conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, lupus erythematosus and amyloidosis. It can also occur in alpha virus infections in which case the swellings would last only a week or so.
You can take an anti inflammatory medicine like Ibuprofen. If it persists, then it would better to see a doctor, have yourself examined and investigated.
Arthritis involving multiple joints
Detailed Answer:
Polyarthritis involves swelling, pain, redness and restriction of movements of many joints. It can occur in a number of conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, lupus erythematosus and amyloidosis. It can also occur in alpha virus infections in which case the swellings would last only a week or so.
You can take an anti inflammatory medicine like Ibuprofen. If it persists, then it would better to see a doctor, have yourself examined and investigated.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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