I wonder how many people know that statins can cause severe muscle pain. I had reached the point that I wanted to cut off my arms because of the pain before a friend asked me if I was taking cholesterol medicine and advised me to stop. I wish I had never touched that poison.
“... can cause severe muscle pain”
My husband took statins for a short time. He felt like he was “coming down with the flu”. Just a sick, weak feeling. Finally, he used the fish oil pills and his cholesterol is good (and his blood pressure decreased). I know a lot of people feel ill with that type of medicine!
My neighbor’s knees were killing her. She thought she would be looking at a surgical solution. However, recently, she ran out of her cholesterol medicine and didn’t have the money to get it refilled. In less than a week the knee pain went away!
I cut my dose in half and the pain went away.
Yep. I get that reaction from every statin on the market.
Guess what? Niacin works.
This effects a small group of people that use statins. Doctors advise people who experience these symptoms to stop the drug immediately. There are other drugs/statins that you could take that don't have this side effect for you. Your doctor should have advised you of this when proscribing the medication.
Very common that a sufficient dose of CoQ10 will put a stop to the myalgias and myopathies, as long as the muscle involvement doesn’t involve Rhabdomyolysis (very serious).
For me 100 mg/day of Coenzyme Q10 does the trick. Prior to taking the CoQ10 (which is actually a vitamin), I had the arm pain also. Once during that time I foolishly tried to throw my kids a softball. I ended up down on the grass in intense pain — arm and shoulder. However, taking CoQ10 has completely eliminated that even though I have gone up in statin dosage.
Veggies-related dietary changes for me are pretty much out of the question (unless confined to a padded room!) because I have always been a fast food kid and still am.
Cholesterol and triglycerides well under control with statin and fish oil.
http://www.spacedoc.com/transient_global_amnesia.htm
I took them (zocor) for about 3 months and had total cholesterol levels of < 135, downside was that I would fall while walking for no apparent reason. I stopped taking zocor and now take 2 grams niacin and about 8.5 grams fish oil daily. Never felt better, cholesterol levels <185 and HDL levels have almost doubled. Been doing this for 3 years, and I haven’t fell once.