I had the same trouble with statins. Tried simvistatin and couldn’t move with muscle and joint pain. Then got on Crestor and it was tolerable and lowered my bad cholesterol. But meanwhile, found out I was hypothyroid, and started on synthroid, and since then was able to tolerate statins. I am now on lovestatin, which is so much cheaper than Crestor and works as well for me now. so would be a good idea for a blood thyroid panel when they take blood for lipids.
Blood thyroid panel, I’ll add it to my list, thanks....