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Posted on June 22, 2006, 8:06 am
by fred pfisterr
I have been taking pravecol (20 mg) and Welchol and am experiencing headaches, stiff neck and sore back. My doctor is unsympathetic. Are these related to the drugs I take?
Posted on August 4, 2006, 4:04 am
by gordon gregory
trying to prove that my joint problems ar staton related
Posted on July 14, 2007, 10:49 pm
by Larry Fleming
my husband has been on lipitor for approx 6 years. he was recently diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica and placed on high dose steroids. his symptoms were severe muscle pain of the upper arms and the thighs. the steroids are only slightly helping, even after increasing the dosage. could this be a statin side-effect after all these years? please help. he is so down and depressed from this constant pain!
Posted on July 31, 2007, 11:05 am
by Ruth Neal
my husband has been on lipitor for approx 6 years. he was recently diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica and placed on high dose steroids. his symptoms were severe muscle pain of the upper arms and the thighs. the steroids are only slightly helping, even after increasing the dosage. could this be a statin side-effect after all these years? please help. he is so down and depressed from this constant pain!
Posted on August 4, 2007, 10:20 pm
by nancy niemiec
my husband has been on lipitor for approx 6 years. he was recently diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica and placed on high dose steroids. his symptoms were severe muscle pain of the upper arms and the thighs. the steroids are only slightly helping, even after increasing the dosage. could this be a statin side-effect after all these years? please help. he is so down and depressed from this constant pain!
Posted on November 7, 2007, 10:22 pm
by Bradley J Blazoff
my husband has been on lipitor for approx 6 years. he was recently diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica and placed on high dose steroids. his symptoms were severe muscle pain of the upper arms and the thighs. the steroids are only slightly helping, even after increasing the dosage. could this be a statin side-effect after all these years? please help. he is so down and depressed from this constant pain!
Posted on September 5, 2008, 12:33 am
by M. Marbut
My sister has been taking Pravachol since 4/08 & started experience muscle pain, stiffness, smelly urine & some urinary incontinence. Dr. does not think the statin is the problem. We believe that it is a side effect of statin with a name Rhabdomyelysis. We need help.
Posted on November 2, 2008, 5:34 pm
by Dr Tariq Rajbee
I believe that my muscles have been badly damaged due to a prolonged treatment with Statin. I have stopped taking it for two years. My son, a doctor, advised me to take Co Enzyme Q10. I found by trial and error that 100mg BD keeps me free of pain. But I still suffer with pain in the calf muscles and the back of my thighs if I am late in taking Q10. Please tell me whether I will ever be free of pain or there is anything better and curative for this problem.
Posted on September 14, 2010, 5:05 pm
by Elizabeth Podgurski
Back in April, I was started on Vytorin (on a Wednesday)ater seeing my doctor and then went out of town. Over the weekend I began swelling. It started with my feet and worked its way up my leg, then into my abdomen. I had extreem pain and had difficulty walking. All I did was sit with my feet up. By the time we got back in town, I was having some difficulty breathing. This was Monday. Sunday, after taking my pill, my husband and I realized it could be the pill that was doing it, so I took no more. (So I took only a total of 5).
When I saw my doctor on Monday he said to take no more Vytorin, and started me on Lasix and Potassium. Well the swelling slowly went down but the severe pain has continued. I am still having difficulty walking. My doctor did do a test to check if it is PAD, but hasn't called back. Said he would call if it showed anything. Said if not it must be arthritis. He says it's not from the vytorin or it would have stopped when I stopped the med. My problem is that if it wasn't from the vytorin, why would it have started when I started the vytorin. Arthritis doesn't start on one day in both feet. Any suggestions??
Many Things,
Elizabeth
Response:
Please see: Cholesterol: Myths and Truths. It is a fact that the older one gets, the higher their cholesterol is - the body's own innate wisdom always has a good reason for this. Further there is no evidence having high cholesterol in women at any age and older males is associated with heart disease - in fact is protective for those over 65 particularly for women! To go about manipulating it without addressing the cause is asking for trouble.
Class Action - Statins Increases Heart Disease By 10% In Women
Yet Another Study Shows Low Cholesterol Increases Risk Of Early Death!
FAQ about Cholesterol & Heart Disease
Chris Gupta
Posted on June 1, 2012, 9:26 am
by Darrell
I have taken several different statins over the past 10 years. Every time I stopped taking them was because of muscle pain. Unfortunately I would start taking them again when my Dr told me I needed to lower my Cholesterol. Stupid me. I have now been off taking any statin for about a year, will never take one again but suffer what I believe to be permanent muscle damage. Is there anything I can do for relief or repair of my damaged muscles.
Posted on April 22, 2013, 12:05 pm
by vexorian
If you, like me, have 300+ cholesterol, please take statins. Believe me, low brain fucntion because of cholesterol defiency is not your priority risk right now... Low Cholesterol is an unrealistic risk for most people that are taking statins. It is unlikely you will be prescribed them when lower than 200.
Doctors would usually monitor your cholesterol monthly (early when starting statins) and yearly (later). I am pretty sure that if they see you dropping your levels too low they will reduce the statins dose and maybe stop it. I mean, really.
Response:
You need to see: STATIN NATION: The Great Cholesterol Cover-Up (Full Movie)
One does not go around meddling with the body's chemistry without addressing the cause!
Highly recommend that you read Is Your Cardiologist Killing You by Dr. Sherry Rogers MD despite the name, this is a must read. It is short (less than 200 pages but full of useful references)
Chris Gupta
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