Statins and muscle pain?
About three years ago, I was taking Metformin for borderline Type II diabetes and my doctor told me the insurance company required me to be put on a statin as well. Since then I've lost 50 pounds, my hemoglobin A1C is back to normal and I've been taken off the Metformin. Unfortunately, the doctor wouldn't take me off the statin.
I started off on Atorvastatin and, after complaining about muscle pain, got switched to Pravastatin. The muscle pain is still there.
Does anyone know of a statin that doesn't cause muscle aches and pains? If one doesn't turn up, I plan to demand that my doc take me off them for an experimental period to see if the pains will go away. After all, I'm no longer considered diabetic, so the insurance company shouldn't care one whit whether I'm on one or not.