Originally Posted by Wanderer

I began taking statins MANY years ago, too far back to remember when they started me on them.

I began having muscle problems, and went back to the doc - and was told they aren't the problem, and continued.

Problem got worse, and I went back, and still was told they aren't the problem. But doc questioned mfr, and was told they have no knowledge of this problem. It got so bad that I couldn't hold a ketchup bottle without it sliding out of my hand.

Since then, I have had several friends have the same problem - told them my story, they stopped the statins, and immediately improved.

On my own, I determined that the only thing I was doing differently if the past few years were the statins, so stopped them on my own. IMMEDIATELY, I started to improve, and kept improving over time. But never got it all back. At least I'm still functional

Went back to the doc, and they put statins on my allergy list............. at least they believed me, and now it's a known problem. I'm also guessing it's much worse than big pharma admits.

At least doctors now understand when someone doesn't want statins.

I can only make my conclusions on my first hand knowledge, you may find differently.

MHO, is still that statins are a bad drug/ and always will be.