Recent Content by basketcase1002

I am on the metformin sr tablets but also have had a haemorrhoid operation making my muscles weak. I was housebound as I couldn't risk going anywhere. I went to my doctor who gave me a powder to totally clear me out then gave me orange fybogel which I thought wouldn't be any good but it worked...

I am only a recently diagnosed diabetic but I had however been taking simvastatin for years. I got the leg cramps mildly at first and didn't realize the statin was doing it. As time went by cramps got so much more painful. Eventually I kept having pains in my chest (remember that the heart is a...

Abs, are you taking statins?

I've just had another blood test and the old cholesterol has cropped up again. Got to see my diabetes nurse again on 20th Nov. Lets see what her idea might be, but for sure I wont be taking Simvastatin again and i'll make sure we have an in depth convo before I take anything!

Cheers Indy51, it certainly makes interesting reading. I'll be certain to monitor any side effects I get from pills after reading that! Once bitten and all that! :?

Both my husband and I were prescribed Simvastatin, my husband still takes it but I don't. I got a lot of cramp, bad cramp with them and in the end I was sure I was going to have a heart attack. I would get a tightening cramp pain under my left hand ribs whereby I couldn't move, talk or anything...

Hi, I've only just been diagnosed and I fancied a bit of chocolate before bed tonight but had 3 chunks instead of the usual 1. After a couple of hours sleep I woke up itching all over like a demented pig, I also had a pain in the pit of my stomach. I am assuming all this is down to the...