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<blockquote data-quote="Paul520785" data-source="post: 2272942" data-attributes="member: 28546"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Hi - I understand the reservations on statins-</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I was prescribed statins and took them for about 5 months when I started being woken up in the night by cramp in my legs - both sides so I could not walk round to ease the pain. Gp changed type 3 times without any improvement so I said I wanted to stop taking them. GP said OK and that cramp should stop after 3 days at the most. Two and a half months later only woke up once and a month after that cramps stopped!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Told GP to remove them from my list - got a lecture on the fact that the GP says must be followed which annoyed me so I unfortunately told him rudely where to stick them!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I have not taken Statins now for about 15 years.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">My consultant occasionally says " I assume I cannot persuade you to take statins and there is little point because your cholesterol is about the same as 20 years ago and is at a normal level."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">In my cynical opinion they are mainly a money maker for drug companies and should only be used where a medical professional makes a good case with reasons for their use.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">You must research and then make your own mind up then accept you may get some side effects which can be painful and cause damage.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Paul T1 for over 60 years (still here so must have been doing something right for a long time!)</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Paul520785, post: 2272942, member: 28546"] [FONT=Arial]Hi - I understand the reservations on statins- I was prescribed statins and took them for about 5 months when I started being woken up in the night by cramp in my legs - both sides so I could not walk round to ease the pain. Gp changed type 3 times without any improvement so I said I wanted to stop taking them. GP said OK and that cramp should stop after 3 days at the most. Two and a half months later only woke up once and a month after that cramps stopped! Told GP to remove them from my list - got a lecture on the fact that the GP says must be followed which annoyed me so I unfortunately told him rudely where to stick them! I have not taken Statins now for about 15 years. My consultant occasionally says " I assume I cannot persuade you to take statins and there is little point because your cholesterol is about the same as 20 years ago and is at a normal level." In my cynical opinion they are mainly a money maker for drug companies and should only be used where a medical professional makes a good case with reasons for their use. . You must research and then make your own mind up then accept you may get some side effects which can be painful and cause damage. . Paul T1 for over 60 years (still here so must have been doing something right for a long time!)[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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