Your mother was wise to get off statins at the first sign of pain. Many people suffer muscle damage from statins. And nobody knows who will experience the damage beforehand. Worse yet, apparently that damage can never be repaired after going off the drug. That is the main reason I refuse to take statins even though I have been prescribed them twice. I eat a lot of oatmeal instead and that gets my numbers within spec, at least for now. They keep lowering the acceptable cholesterol limits.....a great way to sell more drugs.
Last tuesday I attended a luncheon for the sole purpose of hearing the speaker, a heart specialist, talk about statins. I thought he would give an objective, pros and cons, presentation. That idea flew right out the window when he gave the title of his talk “statins, the fountain of youth.” It turned out not to be a fair and objective presentation but a sales pitch. What a joke.
It was causing quite a bit of pain in her arms and legs. Some kind of fibromyalgia. Had to look it up. I think this was it: Polymyalgia Rheumatica. I’m not sure how long she took them, but it was for some time. She had to take prednisone for the pain. Then when they would wean her off that, the pain would come back. She had to get back on the prednisone a few times for relief. I don’t believe she has it now—if she did, I would be hearing about it, that’s for sure.