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<blockquote data-quote="stuffedolive" data-source="post: 368994" data-attributes="member: 65903"><p>Andy</p><p></p><p>I was on Simvastatin and they didn't agree with me even in small doses. So negative was the effect (I still haven't recovered the lost strength and fitness I had) and so little do I now trust the medical 'industry' in respect of this, that I personally will not give statins another chance. The main problem was that the docs did not do the necessary testing to see how I was going. Statins are not a panacea, they do give some people debilitating illnesses, which come on slowly and are hard to spot until the damage is done. The medical profession should realise that they have a duty to monitor patients after prescribing them so they can catch any negative side-effect as soon as possible. This didn't happen in my case, but I was lucky because I constantly monitor my performances and I could see them dropping off a cliff and requested testing, albeit having been on them for nearly a year.</p><p></p><p>That is my experience and it may not apply to others. There are different sorts of statins and they affect different people in different ways. My advice it to take them but have the appropriate tests early to check for side effects.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stuffedolive, post: 368994, member: 65903"] Andy I was on Simvastatin and they didn't agree with me even in small doses. So negative was the effect (I still haven't recovered the lost strength and fitness I had) and so little do I now trust the medical 'industry' in respect of this, that I personally will not give statins another chance. The main problem was that the docs did not do the necessary testing to see how I was going. Statins are not a panacea, they do give some people debilitating illnesses, which come on slowly and are hard to spot until the damage is done. The medical profession should realise that they have a duty to monitor patients after prescribing them so they can catch any negative side-effect as soon as possible. This didn't happen in my case, but I was lucky because I constantly monitor my performances and I could see them dropping off a cliff and requested testing, albeit having been on them for nearly a year. That is my experience and it may not apply to others. There are different sorts of statins and they affect different people in different ways. My advice it to take them but have the appropriate tests early to check for side effects. [/QUOTE]
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