[calex59]

To get your cholesterol down where some doctors want it, you have to take statins. The human body cannot get the cholesterol down that low. I stopped taking the statins because they made me feel like I had the flu all the time. Statins can kill you......why else do they have to check your blood all the time? New reports are coming out showing that cholesterol does not cause heart attacks. Really look into this before taking statins.

I agree, I used to take statins but found out I felt like he** all the time and then I started getting muscle pains which made me stop taking them immediately. This is the sign of a potentially deadly side effect and can, at the least, lead to permanent muscle damage and at its worst can kill you. I got my cholesterol down through a small change in diet and walking regularly(at least 3 times a week, usually every day).

I told my Doctor I was never going to take statins again and he tried to fool me my saying he was going to prescibe a different drug, it was simply a statin under another name and I knew this. I dropped that Doctor and started seeing another one and told the new one up front I wasn't going to take statins.

[steve86]

I felt like he** all the time and then I started getting muscle pains which made me stop taking them immediately. This is the sign of a potentially deadly side effect and can, at the least, lead to permanent muscle damage and at its worst can kill you.

The assorted common myalgias ARE NOT the sign of a potentially deadly side effect. Rhabdomyolysisis is a qualitatively different animal. Experiencing the myalgias DOES NOT mean you are more likely to go rhabdo. However, you should go to a qualified physician to distinguish the two.