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I've been taking simvastatin for about 4 months and have had a really bad itchy skin reaction, but nothing is relieving it. I do not see this posted as a side effect. Not using grapefruit juice, what else might it be interacting with to cause this great discomfort?

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I just started using Simvastatin a week ago and the intense itching started about yesterday. Now about a year ago I used it as well but for a short time and began getting an intense itch in the groin area and thought it was related to something else. But I never got rid of the itch. It came and went and I thought it was just a yeast infection I couldnt get rid of. There was nothing else to explain this. Now I am wondering if the statins are causing this. I have itching under my arms, scalp, under my breast as well and nothing is helping. I am going to ask my PCP to try me on something else.

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I was prescribed simvastatin 40mg. At 3 1/2 weeks I developed red itchy very dry areas around the outside of my eyes and around my mouth/chin. Thought it was just dry winter skin (though I've never had anything like that before). It started on a tuesday evening. Friday morning (4 weeks on Simvastatin) I woke up with my right eye swollen shut, puffed out from my eyebrow to cheekbone, very scary! Went to Dr., stopped simvastatin - taking benadryl decreased the swelling each day until now, six days later swelling each night has stopped. Looking back, symptoms I thought were minor or in my head: dry skin, constipation, infrequent muscle aches in lower legs. Do not ignore itchy or dry/red skin if on Simvastatin. I will never go an any statin again.

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HI All
I have had the same problem of the feeling of crawling skin.
I was told by my Doctor to stop taking Simvastatin about three weeks ago after me complaining of itching all over my body.
I have been taking statins for about three and a half years and slowly starting to get the itch over the last year.
Two weeks ago I paid to see a Consultant Dermatologist and he diagnosed that I had developed Dermographic Urticaria . I have never had any skin problems in my life all 67 years of them. The Consultant would not condemn the the statin but told me to to read about Simvastatin on the internet and then decide If I wanted to carry on taking statins .
I have had a terrible two weeks unable to sleep with the feeling of things crawling on me but slowly getting better.

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What can I take to stop itching caused by oxycontin

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Am the same only took statins for about a month and got really itchy, I have been off them for more than two months now and I still feel itchy not as bad as before but its still bad ,seeing the doctor again in two week!

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Hi John
I am in my fourth week off statins and feeling a little bit better.
You know I was on simvastatin for about three years so It might take a little time.
On Mon I saw the surgeon who put me on the statin and told him of my terrible problems .He said that the statin was not the cause of my problems.
As I left his office he said why dont I keep off the statins for another month and see how things go/ How about that John. Got my fingers crossed and hoping to get well soon because I have been scared of what's been happening to me.
John please keep in touch and I hope you get better soon.

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Been off simvastatin for 1 year. Took simvastatin for 5 years. Have itchy ears and the itch has not gone away yet. One of many aliments from the simvastatin, that has not gone away yet. One internet doctor said it was toxic overload. Started on 80mg and was down to 20mg when i stopped.

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It may not be the core simvastatin. I had been taking simvastatin for almost 10 years without getting hives. Then my pharmacy switched from on manufacturer to another and all of a sudden, I get hives. My pharmacy still had some of the old manufactuers on the the shelf and gave me a weeks supply. As soon as I went back to the old one, the hives went away. The fillers are obviously different.

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I have been taking Simvastatin (Normofat 10mg) for 8 days and after few days of taking this 10mg Simvastatin drug, i felt itchy on my skin (upper elbow, and some other parts of body) i never had this kind of itch skin before, i stopped the medication and then i search the internet and found this discussion, and i think my itchy skin was caused by this Simvastatin. This itch attacked at the evening for few minutes to hours, then it's gone by its self, but repeated itches happened again the next day and gone after severral minutes. It happened for days after taking Simvastatin and now i quit this Simvastatin but the itches still come and by. Is there any recommendations medication for this itches? i'm going to visit the doctor next week

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Been on Simvastatin for 3 weeks and started with the itch on my legs above my knees 4 days ago. First 2 weeks I was using the tablets from the hospital pharmacy and this last week I have taken some from a local pharmacy. Dr said she hadn't heard of this as a side-effect, however has told me to stop taking the tablets for a few days to see if it stops. Now after reading the comments I wonder if a few days is enough. My over-all cholesterol is not really high so I am tempted to stop the statins. I am also on amlodipine and clopidogrel so I wonder if the Simvastatin is reacting with them.

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Yes I have exactly the same problem on my forehead

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I was on statins they gave me accute mussle wastage also never had a heart problem in my life and the mytrol vavle in my heart collapsed after being on them for about a month I have an uncontolable itch in my right side back near the shoulder blade I had the wife scratch it but she used to say there was nothink there I had my heart done but was having trouble walking all my joints were seizing up I gave up the statins and within weeks was getting mobile again the itch was still there and a lump started to grow were the itch was first the lump was about the size of a grape but was growing went to the doctors was told it was a fatty lypoma leave it I said no I want a second opinion three months on fianaly got an oppintment with the local hospital almost 5 months on by this time it was the size of a duck egg again told to leave it I said I wanted it out first went to the doctors end ofJune had byopsey in November told I needed major opp has it was a rare high grade cancer and i was operated on 18th Dec they took out a 1.point 2 klg high grade sarcomer right at the spot were the itching started also had 6 weeks radio theroppy I was told not to take statins ever again and they would take six months to leave my body it is now five years on

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I was on statins and had a itch for five years and a rare cancer grew were the itch was had a1.5kg tumer removed

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I WAS ON STATINS AND HAD A BAD ITCH IN MY BACK AND A RARE CANCAER GREW WERE THE ITCH WAS IT WAS A SOFT TISHUE SARCOMER HIGH GRADE

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I am another Simvastatin user who has been putting up with this terrible itching for several years, ever since I started taking it. My itching is very much like that described by others, feels like tiny invisible bugs crawling and burrowing in your skin. I get this frequently on my hands, fingers, lower arms, armpits, back, belly, on my neck behind my ears, scalp, groin, and on the tops of my feet. If if scratch it at all red whelps swell up, almost like poison ivy.

I've stopped taking it for a couple of days now and it seems to have diminished slightly, but I am going to stay off of it and see if it goes away completely. I have another checkup in 6 months and want to see if this drug even reduces my cholesterol, as my levels on it have been good, but my liver levels have also been elevated, so it may be damaging my liver as well. I don't plan to take it again.

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I went on simvastatin for two weeks and developed a rash and itching on my arms and hands. I thought it was from flea or gnat bites but my house is pest-free. I'm convinced the rash was statin-caused and have quit them. The itch and rash have also diminished in the two days since I quit them. My total chol. is 181; hdl 32 and ldl fairly low w trigs so I don't think I need to be on statins at all, despite what my pcp thinks. (Docs get financial incentives for pushing pills on us, you know.)
Forget it. No statins for me anymore,

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I have been taking Atorvastatin for 3 months I have the Itchy Rash on my upper chest and neck going up into my hair also my lower arms it was so bad I had to have an ice pack on my neck to get any relief at all.I went back to my doctor who said it was a light reaction rash and gave me cream which was no help.Going to stop taking them to see if itching stops will go back to my doctor.

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On statin drug for years. 6 months ago started having an itch, no rash, on my chest. Itch has progressed and now is is more frequent, more intense and over a larger area.Ran out of statin medication a month ago and while waiting for the mail delivery of new script the itch was much improved. Can statin's cause itch? Is it possible the itch would occur after years of statin use?

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I started simvastatin about 3 weeks ago and have had unbearably itchy arms over the last couple of weeks. I haven't changed anything else so, after reading all these posts I'm convinced it must be the statins that are the culprit. And it really feels like things crawling under my skin, waking me up at night. It's making me feel really quite miserable! Does anyone have an alternative to statins for reducing cholesterol? I've been advised to try Amla supplements (indian gooseberry) so may give it a go and see what my next blood test shows because I can't live with this constant itching :-(

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crestor causing extreme intense itching. do all statins cause itching?

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