Having Difficulty In Sleeping At Night After Taking Vytorin. Side Effect Of Medication?

Posted on Thu, 31 Oct 2013

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Thu, 31 Oct 2013 Answered on

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Question : I take Vytorin and have difficulty sleeping at night. Was just checking to see if this is a side effect for this medication.

Answered by Dr. Shoaib Khan (41 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Yes ma'am, it is a less common side effect

Detailed Answer:
Hello ma'am and welcome.

Thank you for writing to us.

Vytorin contains ezertimibe/simvastatin and does have the side effect of difficulty sleeping, but this is one of the less common side effects of the medication.

I hope this answers your query ma'am. Please feel free to write back to me for any further clarifications, I would be more than happy to help you.

God bless.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar