i have only been on simastatin and metformin for 2.5 months and the aches/pains i am getting are terrible. i told the gp as the leaflet with the drugs advised me to, she told me to persevere......r the aches/pains permanent? sorry if ive repeated a question but the thread was so long. i was onky diagnosed in june, metformin gives me bad diarrhoea and the statin makes me ache all over...perhaps i'm just unlucky :-( whinge over. i have had problrms at work, i have to go back soon and i really feel like rubbish. thank u for reading x
Hi Rickman, welcome to the club no-one wants to be a member of - but hopefully we can give you the support you need. Generally our advice is from experience, & is not professional, medical advice. Here you get the benefit of experience together with matters members have researched in medical literature. Links are often posted.
If you have aches & pains since you have started taking simvastatin, then simv is the cause. Try stopping it. The muscle pains I was getting ended within about a week after I stopped. I then went to the Dr & he agreed that muscle pains were a likely side effect of muscle pains. He didn't offer me another. That was about 10 years ago. My total chol runs at about 5.5 & nobody seems bothered. The point is, cholesterol is needed by the body, made by the body & is a vital component for health.
Slow release metformin SR is much better tolerated - "Bolamyn SR" as Spiker suggests. Again, you can try stopping metf for a time. Both statins & metformin are drugs that have possible long term benefits that are sometimes out-weighed by immediate health problems - as you are finding. Many on the forum, including me, have found a low carb, increased fat diet is a good long term way of life for stabilizing blood sugar & minimising the effects of diabetes.
As you have found both drugs are causing you unacceptable problems, I suggest you stop both for a week or two (without further consultation of your Dr) & see if the problems go away. You will then know if they are to blame for the problems. Only then go back to the Dr & ask for a review.
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20 years ago, my total chol was 6.4. 14 years ago, when I was diagnosed with T2, it was 7.6. It fell to about 5.5 over about 4 years, when the Dr started me on simv. The major diet change over that 4 years was cutting out sugar, & eating more complex carbs. The last six years, I have been on a low carb diet, with increased fat. At 75, my health is excellent. I play tennis & table tennis at club standard.
Heart consultants find cholesterol in artery blockages, but AFAIK no-one has actually linked raised cholesterol to heart problems to a significant extent. It seems they are the main campaigners for chol control - they have to put right the problems of blocked arteries.