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Gordon Booth · 18-05-2011, 20:26

My wife and I were put on statins, even though our cholesterol levels were normal to low.After a few months she started to have pain in her right arm which built up over a period until she was in severe pain most of the time. Couldn't use her arm! Different doctors gave her different pills, sent her for physio- no relief.
For some reason I read up the Simvastatin leaflet-it mentions muscle pain among many other possible side effects! She went back to the doctors and asked about this-'Oh, yes, it could be that, stop taking them.' Within two days the pain was easing, after one week it had gone! It has never troubled her since.As MargaretR says, don't always leave it to the doctors, check it out yourself!
I stopped taking them as well.

18-05-2011, 20:26	#32
Gordon Booth Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 2,402 Liked: 715 times Rep Power: 46614	Re: New Blood test supposed to determine your lifespan My wife and I were put on statins, even though our cholesterol levels were normal to low.After a few months she started to have pain in her right arm which built up over a period until she was in severe pain most of the time. Couldn't use her arm! Different doctors gave her different pills, sent her for physio- no relief. For some reason I read up the Simvastatin leaflet-it mentions muscle pain among many other possible side effects! She went back to the doctors and asked about this-'Oh, yes, it could be that, stop taking them.' Within two days the pain was easing, after one week it had gone! It has never troubled her since.As MargaretR says, don't always leave it to the doctors, check it out yourself! I stopped taking them as well.