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<blockquote data-quote="Daibell" data-source="post: 2052128" data-attributes="member: 21149"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The general advice if you suffer muscle pain when starting statins is to stop them and see the GP. The pain can result from muscle destruction; not good. Why were you started on statins as they are not a diabetes drug? Statins are advised if your cholesterol Lipids ratios are not in a good range and the total cholesterol figure should not be used as the deciding factor. Make sure you have a fasting lipids 'panel' (blood test) and review the ratios with the GP to indicate whether you have a need for statins. There are one or two alternative drugs but if you have muscle pain you may have few options but to avoid any of them.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daibell, post: 2052128, member: 21149"] [FONT=Arial]The general advice if you suffer muscle pain when starting statins is to stop them and see the GP. The pain can result from muscle destruction; not good. Why were you started on statins as they are not a diabetes drug? Statins are advised if your cholesterol Lipids ratios are not in a good range and the total cholesterol figure should not be used as the deciding factor. Make sure you have a fasting lipids 'panel' (blood test) and review the ratios with the GP to indicate whether you have a need for statins. There are one or two alternative drugs but if you have muscle pain you may have few options but to avoid any of them.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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