Originally Posted by
RonH
Sounds like you're all on the wrong drug. My cardiologist, who is a cyclist, has had me on 40 mg simvastatin (for a hereditary heart condition) for the past few years. Never had any pain and my low cholesterol is even lower. Without meds it was 165. With meds it's 95. Because of the heart condition he wants my cholesterol as low as possible.
Looks like simvastatin can have the same side effects as other statins . Some people can just tolerate some medication better than others . A person I work with has been on statins for years with no side effects but my body could not tolerate them .
http://drugs.emedtv.com/simvastatin/...mvastatin.html
Last edited by cloud; 10-30-11 at 08:01 PM.