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<blockquote data-quote="Bob B" data-source="post: 943265" data-attributes="member: 184923"><p>I was put on 40mg atorvastatin. No warnings about side effects were given and no follow up. After 18 months I began to suffer from muscle pains and found out by my own research that the statin might be the cause. Then I developed polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). This is a severe muscle complaint; I could hardly move to get out of bed! I stopped taking the statin and it took 18 months of steroids (and bone protection pills) to get me better.</p><p></p><p>The doctor then put me on 20mg of rosuvastatin. The muscle pains returned after a few weeks so I stopped taking them.</p><p></p><p>Later another doctor tried for 30 mins to persuade me to take statins again and when I absolutely refused put me an alternative. Forget the name (it was fibro something). I only got to pill number 4 before abandoning that too as the muscle pain was unbearable and getting worse with each dose.</p><p></p><p>As my cholesterol is 5, I've decided to live with it. It is made by the liver in response to bodily need, so I figure there's no point treating the symptoms; for me I treat the cause by a healthy diet and plenty of exercise.</p><p></p><p>Bob</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bob B, post: 943265, member: 184923"] I was put on 40mg atorvastatin. No warnings about side effects were given and no follow up. After 18 months I began to suffer from muscle pains and found out by my own research that the statin might be the cause. Then I developed polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). This is a severe muscle complaint; I could hardly move to get out of bed! I stopped taking the statin and it took 18 months of steroids (and bone protection pills) to get me better. The doctor then put me on 20mg of rosuvastatin. The muscle pains returned after a few weeks so I stopped taking them. Later another doctor tried for 30 mins to persuade me to take statins again and when I absolutely refused put me an alternative. Forget the name (it was fibro something). I only got to pill number 4 before abandoning that too as the muscle pain was unbearable and getting worse with each dose. As my cholesterol is 5, I've decided to live with it. It is made by the liver in response to bodily need, so I figure there's no point treating the symptoms; for me I treat the cause by a healthy diet and plenty of exercise. Bob [/QUOTE]
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