Why were you given statins in the first place? And what is your cholesterol breakdown now?I have just ended a phone conversation with gp and im at my wits end! I have been taking various statins for years and have had a number of side effects. Why is it that gp dismisses my symptoms and leaves me feeling as if im imagining them? I have had severe joint and muscle pain and it is getting me down as I am so limited in what I can do. I have decided tostop taking statins for 6 months to see if there is any real improvement but I dont think he feels im making the right decision. Am I putting myself at risk?
I stopped statins for the same reason 10 years ago I'd rather have a theoretical risk than be crippled by a drug supposed to be for my health. As far as the evidence I have seen, the risk is small, & the possible benefits are small.I have just ended a phone conversation with gp and im at my wits end! I have been taking various statins for years and have had a number of side effects. Why is it that gp dismisses my symptoms and leaves me feeling as if im imagining them? I have had severe joint and muscle pain and it is getting me down as I am so limited in what I can do. I have decided tostop taking statins for 6 months to see if there is any real improvement but I dont think he feels im making the right decision. Am I putting myself at risk?
I was put on statins when the diabetic clinic decided it was worth putting all patients on asprin and statins. At the time my cholestrol was 4.9. While onstatins my levels came down to 3.8. I have decid3d to come off them as they may give me low ccholesterol but I am so imobile I have virtually given up all exercise. Some days I struggle to just manage basic daily activitiesWhy were yit was worth puttu given statins in the first place? And what is your cholesterol breakdown now?
I have heard, but I cant say I know, that statins have very limited benefits for women. And I think the risk with severe pain that limits your ability to exercise has to be reckoned with too.
High LDL and total cholesterol can be a symptom of hypothyroidism.
I torally agree with your thinking. My main reason for giving up on statins Is that I can barely manage my daily activities let alone exercise! I have been referred for physio therapy but im not sure it will help. My muscles are week and I have hardly any energy. I reckon taking little or no exercise is just as bad as having slightly raised cholestrol.I stopped statins for the same reais that I can hardly manage daily activities let alone on 10 years ago I'd rather have a theoretical risk than be crippled by a drug supposed to be for my health. As far as the evidence I have seen, the risk is small, & the possible benefits are small.
BUT note - we are not health professionals, nor are we medically qualified - advice is given from experience & consulting technical papers.
just because some side effects are very rare, it doesn't mean you don't have themI have just ended a phone conversation with gp and im at my wits end! I have been taking various statins for years and have had a number of side effects. Why is it that gp dismisses my symptoms and leaves me feeling as if im imagining them? I have had severe joint and muscle pain and it is getting me down as I am so limited in what I can do. I have decided tostop taking statins for 6 months to see if there is any real improvement but I dont think he feels im making the right decision. Am I putting myself at risk?
Brain fog. Found it quite frightening when I couldn't remember friends names. Stopped taking it. Can remember everyone's name now. It's quite impressive that this one man can sell his soul and we all reap the rewards. Why is he allowed to be so powerfulGreat post @Spiker !
I voted yes as I had severe but random muscle pains in my hands which completely cleared up when I stopped taking the statins.
Here is the position of Professor Rory Collins (who was the person who complained about the discrepancies in the recent BMJ articles)
"Professor Collins has said previously that evidence shows statins are “very well tolerated” by patients, with a small increase in diabetes and one in 10,000 patients suffering muscle weakness."
Full article here - http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-who-warned-of-drugs-sideeffects-9388337.html
Now, the total membership of this forum is listed on the main page here as 101,703 people. If we assume that every single one of those people have a) taken statins and b) completed the poll and that c) the complications people note above are muscle problems then according to the Good Professor 10 people (at most) would have ticked the complications.
The fact that at the time of writing 543 people have looked at this poll and more than 50% of those voting have had side effects is kind of weird if you believe the Professor; according to him 0.01% of those 543 would have had muscle problems or in effect none of them.
Remember the Watergate scandal and the inside informer Deep Throat's advice to Bernstein and Woodward to 'follow the money'. Sounds like that advice is still worth following...
Best
Dillinger
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