I am raising my hand. YOU got me...

But then they try another the next year.

Only found to not do as much or I thought so as much side effects.

Then I ran out of the things last month. Don't have any more. I not telling hope you don't tell on me lol

I hate them.
I guess they work....my last blood work said I was normal for once....sssssssshhhhhhhh.

They just upped mine to 80 mil. I felt horrible after one week, I backed down to 40 mil.

I feel better, however I would like to try something natural, along with the 40 mil. and see how that works.

Over all I'd like to be off them completely if I can.

Have you gone off them or are you just thinking about it?

What side effects do you have?

Diana

Hey Songsi and all,

I don't believe I've had side effects from my statin medication. Originally I was on simvastatin, but then I asked my doctor to please switch me to Lipitor (because I'd read research showing that the risk to the liver was somewhat lower for Lipitor), and he let me switch. I was on simvastatin 40mg, switched to Lipitor 20mg (which is the equivalent of simvastatin 40mg), then reduced to 10mg because my cholesterol was quite low- total of 108. My numbers remained as good, with HDL (the good one) continuing to gradually increase.

I take daily CoQ10 supplements, because I'd read that it can prevent the negative muscle side effects of statins. Also I take fish oil to help my cholesterol. Finally, I a very good diet- low in saturated fats, no trans fats, high in fiber, all that good stuff. So . . . so far, so good. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Songsi, tell us more about your dilemma.

My symptoms are muscle aches, lethargy, and a few dizzy spells.
Sometimes I just generally feel lousy. I went off of them for about a month about 6 months after my MI and felt much better. They put me back on them because they really want my blood levels to improve.
I did pretty well on simvastatin for about 7 months so they switched me to Crestor 10mg because its stronger. It did improve my chol. numbers by quite a bit but now I feel crummy again. I decided to go off of them for 2 weeks to a month to see if I feel better. What good are great blood numbers if you feel to lousy to function!!!!

Im taking 40mg of simvastatin started to get the muscle aches. Talked to my DR she got me started on COQ10 taking 100mg in the morning and 100mg in the evenings. Im feeling great but i also eat like sue a very high fiber diet no fat or trans fat very low almost none chollesterol that is brought my HDL up to 79 from 39 good luck
john

I was on simvastatin (zocor) for a year and felt horrible by the end of that year; joint pain, muscle aches...I even asked my PCP to test for arthritis it was so bad... Told my cardiologist this wasn't working and asked him to take me off of them. He did. I have absolutely no joint pain or muscle aches anymore.
I do know that people get different reactions from different versions; my co-worker couldn't take zocor but was ok on lipitor. I tried lipitor a couple of years ago and had problems with muscle cramps/liver issues.
Maybe you need to try yet another one...

Good luck,
Sharon

I can't remember all the names of the first stants I was first one. I had alegelic (mis spell) reactions so bad I broke out with rashes, and swelling.
Second try on one a year later by my cardo and what my blood work up said I was sky high in numbers. sorry I don't remember what they were. I was on Lipitor 20 mg. I had so many muscle cramps I was taking med's for the cramps all the time... waking up during the night almost couldn't work they were so bad.
As soon as I got off the lipitor they stop. Thank God.
3rd time and a couple months later I think it was...........they put me on samples they had at my cardo ofice to see if I would do ok, it was Crestorl 20 mg and for the first time I didn't have side effects!!!!!!! Then the blood work show I needed to up to crestrol 40mg.
But like you I think a lot of my muscel pain I thought was coming from the Crestor. But so far after a month off........I am still having muscel pain
I take vicon or oxycoton for. I don't take them unless I am very bad with pain.
My doctor knows me that I don't like to take pills. So he writes me Rx's for pain without worrying about it.
I try to live thru the pain.

NOW lately my GP refered me to another group of cardo's one I saw over 3 years ago. The girl on the phone refuse to give me a apt. until she talks to the doctor I saw back then.

What happen back over 3 years ago was my HA. I saw a different doctor in ER....and that cardo I kept seeing.
So I never got tested by the one 3 years ago. He didn't want to do testing, he really thought it was stress or just because I was a girl etc etc.
So if I go back I will tell them see you didn't want to do angogram and look what happen a month later.
ONLY reason I want to come to your group is this other doctor my GP is reconmmending for a 2nd opion.

Well until I have a new cardo I will have to just keep going to my GP.
I been to all three of the biggie groups near me. So I guess I am what is call nongruded (mis spell) and I guess they don't give a damn.

I hope maybe one of these high fluting doctors will take a second look at what their actions are.....but only way is moving away.
I might have to go to Tucson or ??? to get a cardo.

All because of their attude about how they treat women and don't treat would be a better statement.

So I guess I should get apt with my gp and get my crestrol....pills again.

I don't know what you should do, whatever you feel you have too you need to do it for you.

not what I do or anyone of us do.

ok thanks for the post.
Ruthie/bee

I started on Zocor 40 mg and that wasn't enough so they up it to 80 mg. Then they add Zetia 10mg to the mix. That was working OK but the co-pays were killing me So we switched to Vytorin 10/80 mg which is a combination of Zocor and Zetia. I had trouble with the co-pays so I would get samples from my doctors. They then put me on a generic called pravavstatin but that wasn't strong enough so now I'm on Lipitor. I haven't had any of the side effects from any of them.

All the cholesterol medications I've tried attack my nervous system one way or another. Maybe this is because our brains consist mostly of cholesterol. I won't even consider using them anymore. Lipitor caused memory loss. Crestor caused sore muscles. Zetia caused dizzy spells. Fenofibrate caused the ends of my fingers to go numb.

We worked this topic over a couple of times last year. You might want to type lipitor or statins into the search box and peruse those posts.

Is Fenofibrate the same as Trilipix because I am taking that and my finger tips also get tingly and semi numb during some activities like painting etc.

Hey SJ,

I tolerate the statins quite well. Am on Rosuvastatin and also Niaspan for lipids profile. In fact my total cholesterol was pretty way too low last time checked so I am allowed to sneak in a few culinary
cholesterol culprits. However; I am very used to the heart healthy diet and the old diet seems so decadent now and very untasty and overly
imitation.

Yours,

Just Joe

hi songsj
yes Fenofibrate is the same as trlipix

I was on simvastin (Zocor) for 6 1/2 months and thought the muscle pain was fro previous back injury. I studied the side-effects and called the cardiololgist. Took me off and has me on CO Q 10. Not as much pain now.