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Message: <blockquote data-quote="agwagw" data-source="post: 2582018" data-attributes="member: 415845">The GPs prescribe them primarily as a box-ticking exercise. I was prescribed them in the same way some years ago. After a few weeks my legs became very weak and my back muscles were very painful. It was the start of Rhabdomyolysis, stopped taking the statins immediately and the acute pain stopped quite quickly though it took three months to recover my strength. I refuse to accept any statins now, despite pressure from the medics.My cholesterol ratios are excellent despite being on a high fat low carb diet (important to get the full info, not just the 'total' cholesterol, which is of limited value despite being the 'target' set by medics and the statin drug manufacturers). Have a read of 'A Statin Free Life' by Dr Aseem Malhotra (a British cardiologist).</blockquote>

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