Muscle pain

Many reports of muscle pain on statins.. put pain and statins in the search box at the top of the page..

Hi. I would suspect the statin and not the diabetes. I would stop the statin for short period to see if the pain recedes; perhaps check with the GP first. If it does then discuss actions with the GP. Note that some GPs are in denial about statin induced muscle pain so be prepared.

I took statins for only a few weeks and I have an intermittent pain in my leg muscle which is not going away some weeks after stopping taking it - sometimes I feel that I am dragging that leg, and that part of my leg feels colder than the matching bit on the other side. If it was a persistent pain I'd suspect thrombosis, but it isn't that. My memory has deteriorated most annoyingly - but the brain is made of cholesterol, so something which reduces it seems bound to cause problems. I stopped taking the statin and the Metformin too when I lost the car in the supermarket car park just before Christmas, and bought everything twice as well.
If I start to take statins again the Devil will be skating to work that morning.

I have been tried on 4 different types of statin and they all give me muscle and joint pains. I refuse to take any more. I felt much better within a week of stopping them