I take my statin at night along with my bp medications. Like you, I have had no issues with statins and have been taking them since I took part in the Anglo Scandinavian Coronary Outcomes Trial (ASCOT).
Regards
Doug
Regards
Doug
Hang on a minute, here's another alternative:
Healthy eating, drinking and daily activity...
Cost to the NHS? Probably £30bn annual saving.
Cost to the 'patient'? Probably £,1000 annual saving.
I was prescribed simvastatin prior to my t2 diagnosis which was 3 years ago. My cholesterol was 8.7 at the time and as my mum died of a heart attack when she had just turned 47 my doc was worried. My medication was then changed to 80mg daily of Atorvistatin, my cholesterol is sitting at around 6 so not too bad. However I'm in constant pain, my legs ache all the time and I've lost count of the number of nights I've been unable to sleep because of the pain. I've been back to my doctor several times but he still insists that I stay on them. I'm waiting on a MRI scan to check for other causes of the pain but it's taking so long I just feel like giving up!
The total cholesterol number is fairly meaningless, you need to know your individual numbers for HDL and LDL cholesterol and Triglycerides. Only then can you make an informed decision about whether or not you need statins, and after discussing it with your doctor. Your symptoms sound like those reported by a number of people here who were taking statins. Doctors are keen on statins because they have been proven to reduce cardiac deaths.... at the rate of about 4 per 1,000 people. Other ways to reduce cardiac risk include being in the normal weight range, regular moderate exercise, normal blood pressure range, and having good diabetic control.I was prescribed simvastatin prior to my t2 diagnosis which was 3 years ago. My cholesterol was 8.7 at the time and as my mum died of a heart attack when she had just turned 47 my doc was worried. My medication was then changed to 80mg daily of Atorvistatin, my cholesterol is sitting at around 6 so not too bad. However I'm in constant pain, my legs ache all the time and I've lost count of the number of nights I've been unable to sleep because of the pain. I've been back to my doctor several times but he still insists that I stay on them. I'm waiting on a MRI scan to check for other causes of the pain but it's taking so long I just feel like giving up!
Amazing, get your doctor to look at the 1990 patent applied for by Merck Pharmaceutical to include CoQ10 in a statin which in their words was to prevent impending leg muscle pain. I can't guarantee that the pain isn't caused by something else, but I would have thought statins were the number one possibility. Here's the URL: http://www.functionalmedicineuniversity.com/statin-CoQ10.pdf. It makes interesting reading, especially when they start talking about how low CoQ10 affects the heart.However I'm in constant pain, my legs ache all the time and I've lost count of the number of nights I've been unable to sleep because of the pain. I've been back to my doctor several times but he still insists that I stay on them. I'm waiting on a MRI scan to check for other causes of the pain but it's taking so long I just feel like giving up!
@lizdeluz I wish you well on your dietary choices. Please do not forget that the effects of dietary choices vary with the individual. It might be wise to have regular tests in your cholesterol to ensure that it is at a level it should be. You might also want to let your prescribing physician know that you are no longer taking your prescribed medication. It could effect future prescribing.
Regards
Doug
I saw my GP this morning and confessed ignoring Simvastatin for several years. He said that current expert advice is to recommend a statin to older T1s, (I'm 61), and that he would now prescribe a daily 20mg Atorvastatin, but that it was my choice as he thought my lipids and HbA1c were ok I said that I would think about it, but I'd be grateful in this instance if some kind person would tell me what to think!
5.5 Total cholesterol
1.0 Trigs
1.9 HDL
3.1 LDL
3.6 Non HDL
2.9 Cholesterol: HDL ratio.
He thinks your lipids are ok... then that would be the end of the matter if it were me. (I also think they are ok).I saw my GP this morning and confessed ignoring Simvastatin for several years. He said that current expert advice is to recommend a statin to older T1s, (I'm 61), and that he would now prescribe a daily 20mg Atorvastatin, but that it was my choice as he thought my lipids and HbA1c were ok I said that I would think about it, but I'd be grateful in this instance if some kind person would tell me what to think!
5.5 Total cholesterol
1.0 Trigs
1.9 HDL
3.1 LDL
3.6 Non HDL
2.9 Cholesterol: HDL ratio.
Unfortunately nobody should tell you what to think on this one. I spent years trying to get a grip of what the truth is and there were several truths that made me very cautious about taking a statin, but I carried on because of medical advise.I'd be grateful in this instance if some kind person would tell me what to think!
5.5 Total cholesterol
Liz,I saw my GP this morning and confessed ignoring Simvastatin for several years. He said that current expert advice is to recommend a statin to older T1s, (I'm 61), and that he would now prescribe a daily 20mg Atorvastatin, but that it was my choice as he thought my lipids and HbA1c were ok I said that I would think about it, but I'd be grateful in this instance if some kind person would tell me what to think .
Yes, it is! (And why don't GPs know that ?????)Higher chol is protective in older women!