Thread: Do You Worry About Your Heart?
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Old 04-28-23 | 04:12 AM
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Originally Posted by terrymorse
Statins, when combined with exercise training, can also result in:

"decreased athletic performance, muscle injury, myalgia, joint problems, decreased muscle strength, and fatigue"

-- Deichmann et al, The Interaction Between Statins and Exercise: Mechanisms and Strategies to Counter the Musculoskeletal Side Effects of This Combination Therapy, Ochsner Journal December 2015.
There might be other reasons for that adverse effect. After a fortnight on one 20mg atorvastatin pill, my BP has stabilised and resting heart rate after exercise is achieved much sooner than before I started on them.
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