Davit, Statins have lots of side effect, one very common one being muscle pain. I used to take them but stopped due to the many side effects I was experiencing, mainly muscle pain, which made it hard for me to stand or walk down the hall in my house plus extreme fatigue, lots of hair loss and some pretty severe depression due to the statins making me feel so bad.
Once I stopped taking them My condition improved over a course of about 2 weeks. I didn't ask the doctor for her permission to stop the statins because she had said before that because I was type 2 diabetic that the medical guidelines recommended that I take metformin a blood sugar lowering drug, that I take a statin drug to lower cholesterol and blood pressure meds. Well I gave her way a shot for months and months and suffered. What I did do in the end was stop all my meds and then made more changes to my diet and my numbers all look good now, not perfect but good and that is something I can live with. The side effects of the meds I could not live with though. So for me personally I guess it's all about the quality of my life not the quantity of it. Now all I have to do is a scope on Tuesday with my Gastro doc and see what damage has been done to my gastric system from all the meds. I sure hope you feel better tomorrow and can get into see your doctor. You will be in I my thoughts and prayers...Your friend....Red...
