Side Effects of Cholesterol Lowering Statin Drugs
I have been on a cholesterol lowering drug for 2 years now.
The first two drugs I tried caused really bad side effects.
The third seemed to do the trick.
My cholesterol was never really terribly high. My doctor
recommended I take it or some type of supplement or drug. I followed
what my doctor wanted and went on the drug.
In the last 13 months I have had constant leg pain and knee pain.
I attributed it to getting old and my degenerative discs in my
back.
I ran in to my High School friend Cheryl McManamy over the Apple Fest holiday
weekend in Gays Mills. She told that she was also prescribed meds for her
cholesterol. Cheryl told me that she has such bad leg and knee pains that she
took herself of the statins.
Her symptoms sounded exactly like mine. I thanked her for the valuable
information she gave me. I conferred with my wife "nurse" and she suggested the
same thing and that I should go off the statins.
I have been off the statins for 11 days now and I can feel my knees and legs already going
back to normal. I take Fish Oil tablets over the counter now to help with my cholesterol.
Last edited by spinner1; 10-03-2011 at 05:18 PM.
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