Originally Posted by memebag

My cholesterol slowly got worse over 15 years or so. Finally my doctor put me on Simvastatin. It caused muscle aches so my doctor recommended CoQ10 supplements. The muscle aches went away. I also felt slightly more energetic. I believe that extra energy made bike riding more fun, and I started riding a lot because of that. Riding made me lose weight and lowered my blood pressure. I started bugging my doctor to take me off statins and eventually she agreed to try it out. That was 3 or 4 years ago and my cholesterol has been good ever since.