My exact thoughts! Wonder which pharmaceutical paid to tweak the stats for this to air? Pharmaceutical lobbyists are paid very well. I have worked for a pharmaceutical company so I can attest to their ability to sell a "bad" product.
Why are doctors dismissing the crippling pain in your legs. I had to walk with a cane in my early 50s. I had to stop. I’m walking and running now. Shame on them for trying to dismiss this serious side effect.
Rare? If muscle pain is so rare, why is this such a widely reported issue? Muscle pain due to statins is easy to show. If a patient is taking a statin and experiencing increased muscle pain, decreasing the dosage or stopping the drug will show whether the drug is the culprit. I have been taking atorvastatin for several years and also experiencing i creasing muscle pain throughout my body. I halved my dosage, and the pain almost immediately decreased. Subsequently, I tried stopping the drug and the pains disappeared nearly completely. No large scale medical studies will change my experience. Drug-related side effects are always individual, and should always be taken seriously. Statins make the drug companies a LOT of money and that should be considered when evaluating the efficacy of stories like one in this video.
I was on Atorvastatin after a heart attack in March 2018. Stopping the Atorvastatin did nothing to ease the muscle soreness. It turned out from muscle biopsies that I have "Statin Induced Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy" Stopping the drug makes no difference.....once the harm is done, it's done. Pfizer makes $214 million PER DAY from Atorvastatin alone! Do you think that has anything to do with it?
The muscle weakness I experienced after starting a statin was horrible. My dr initially said it was age but at my insistence did a blood test and found my CK levels were very elevated. Stopped the statin immediately and with help from a naturopath who prescribed a few supplements including COQ10 returned to feeling normal again.
@@s.w2934 No it went back up again to where it was before but the new gp I started seeing said that in her opinion taking everything about my general health into account e.g. no diabetese, high blood pressure, obesity etc. she did not think I needed to go on a statin for my level of cholestrol. I decided to take her advice. Lots of factors about my health and family history were taken into account before this decision was made.
Statins are poison...a stubborn Mayo Doctor glorifying statins put my father on them, over 20 some years ago with no history of heart disease or diabetes. My Dad had problems from very start , muscle cramping and weakness. Mayo Clinic Doctor refused to take him off...just put him on different statins...20mg. My Dad has statin induced permanent hearing loss, dementia, can't speak full sentences, all over muscle atrophy, difficult breathing, can barely walk, frequent urinary infections & Gastrointestinal bleeding that land him in the hospital, shakes, fatigue, one non functioning kidney and now heart problems...Mayo Clinic Dr. refuses to take him off of atrovastain and my Mom even asked to take him off them, Mayo Clinic Dr said no. Statins are killing him and robbed him of 15 good years. They took a perfectly healthy non obese man with just pharmaceutical company determined high cholesterol levels, poisoned him, turned him into a frail old man and robbed him of 15 years of his life. By the way, his parents lived without statins Father 91 and Mother (over weight) 87 with diabetes and both could run circles around my frail Dad. Statins killed him and Drs need to wake the hell up!. Same goes for all Cholesterol lowering drugs....poisons.
Hi, did you ever get a diagnosis? My CK went from 130 to over 10,000 along with having muscle pain and dramatic muscle loss. It turned out from muscle biopsies that I have "Statin Induced Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy" .....if you haven't found out what was wrong with you, it may be what I have!
You sure that helps? Because I can't even walk that's how bad it made me feel . Low back pain is unbelievable. Muscles, headaches and I can't sleep without sleeping med. Clanapam wich is probably not good for me to take. Originally they proscribed this med. For heart palpation. Now I know whycI had heart palpation- elevated blood pressure. Don't we learn a lot just from interacting here .!!!
My dad died an incredibly painful death from a statin. It caused acute pancreatitis, which destroyed the rest of his organs, his necrotized pancreas perforated his intestines, and he died painfully with his intestinal waste seeping into his abdomen. If this description doesn't make you run the other way from statins, then I don't know what will. Stay away from them at all costs. Note: He never had pancreatic issues, never had a heart attack, was prescribed the statin for cholesterol and family history of heart disease. He didn't want to be on a statin and didn't understand what he was taking was a statin, but his doctor failed to communicate that the drug was a generic for a name brand statin. If he had known this, he would have refused to take it. My dad would be alive today and would have walked me down the aisle at my wedding if it weren't for the malpractice of that doctor. My only comfort is knowing there's a special place in hell for the doctor who prescribed him that poison. This life is short, but eternity is long.
I stopped taking rosuvastatin because it gave me shortness of breath and I developed swallowing issues shortly after starting it. I took it for quite a while. I've been off of it for over a month and my breathing is so much better. Not completely back to normal, but getting better every day. Saying that side effects are overblown is insulting to the people that experience them
Look for information about the former ABC ( Australian Broadcasting Commission ) medical investigational journalist Dr. Maryanne Demasi , who attempted from 2013 to initiate debate about the use of statins. She ended up being silenced by by her employer with a gag order, and her TV program "Catalyst" was cancelled, with all members from the executive producer down all sacked. Her very logical and extensive investigation showed that it was impossible to gain access to any of the statin research. She was continually told that the research shows that statins were safe and that you will just have to trust us on that. The only problem is that the authorities holding the statin research were financed by the pharmaceutical industries! No different to a drug carte saying that fentanyl is completely safe to use.
Modern allopathic medicine is great for emergencies and short term use to help us avoid urgencies. What most ppl including the majority of medical professionals fail to tell us is that we need to focus on diet, exercise, and lifestyle choices to help us be healthy for long term sake. The reason we're left in the dark? Because their profits are tied to prescribing and selling drugs, directly and/or indirectly. BTW, I love the way this so called expert just told everyone who has experienced this side effect that it wasn't true or from the drug. Ppl like him make me love science lol.
I couldn't walk after taking 3 Crestor pills. My legs locked straight with huge cramps. The pain was tremendous; not an ache. I've found other people with the identical experience. I've heard from PhDs that statins show no benefits, in properly done statistical studies. I'm looking for those studies. I'm an engineer so I can read and understand science.
I have been on these meds for a long time and over time I developed pain so bad I couldn't get out of bed. I have been through every test imaginable. Last month my doctor told me to stop taking these meds for a month. Guess what??? It's the end of the month and I'm pain free. I'm so upset because I wasted 3 or 4 years with this horrible pain and now it's gone???
I cannot count the number of people I know that cannot tolerate the side effects of statins. And apparently many physicians are speaking out about how statins are "pharmacy driven". Being the most prescribed drug, plus new theories about the cholesterol test being outdated makes me want to pursue more information. Have read in journals about new tests that take in account of the lipid size in the bloodstream. I simply cannot tolerate any of them.
Have you stopped them? Please look into groups about statins. They are very dangerous drugs and can cause extremely dangerous effects. Temporary Global Amnesia is a common one. Very scary. Suicidal depression. Alzheimer's. Parkinson's. Most importantly, the body and brain NEED cholesterol. The whole thing is based on bad science and the #CholesterolMyth.
@Hellynn Wheels --> I couldn't walk after taking 3 Crestor pills. My legs locked straight with huge cramps. The pain was tremendous; not an ache. I've found other people with the identical experience.
Don’t avoid them try them, but after 10 of years of thinking I was getting old and bad knees and sore muscles I discovered statins caused this. I struggled to walk. Went off then cold turkey and was a new man in 2 weeks. It was just terrible. Fatigue was brutal. Who knew it was my meds?
I lost my memory really bad. it affected my new job performance. i stopped it 2 weeks ago. my muscle pain is still there. i couldnt climb stairs and it caused me confusion.
This doctor works for Henry Ford medical, enough said! Leave they're medication and murderous hearts alone and go natural PRAYERFULLY IN JESUS CHRIST'S SWEET AND MIGHTY NAME!
After beginning statins, I had such muscular pain in my legs that I could not sit long enough to drive. When I stopped taking the pills, the leg pain vanished.
My mum have been taking statin and she was prediabetics. She is having muscle pains on both legs & can’t even walk for 5 min She used to walk few hours before. Her blood sugar doesnt even go down.
I went through debilitating weakness and pain for 3 years. I always felt like I had the flu. I tried three different statins and they all did the same thing. They acted like it was all in my head psychosomatic. The new drugs that they are coming out with are about $14,000 a year. How can anyone afford this?. I know I can't!
At schools across the nation, the cardboard pizza goes down the gullet, the apple down the trash bin. No problem. All the protective nutrient can be simulated later with an endless supply of pills.
It’s not only leg or muscle pain that is being reported, it’s also memory loss which I had from taking statins. My neighbor was put on statins and she developed diabetes.
This is an absolutely BS... Atorvastatin totally gave me muscle, bone, and liver pain... I stopped this terrible drug after 5 years of many pains and issues and things got much better...
I have fibromyalgia and ostio arthritis and my doctor wants me to go on them because I have high cholesterol but I am worried about the muscle pain that you can get from the simvastatin medication
BALONEY......I was taking a Statin and started getting SEVERE cramps in my thighs and hands that wouldn't give up! My wife started taking a Statin and now has very painful "Locked Shoulder Syndrome." A conincidence? I think NOT!
After having a hole in my heart closed 3 months after turning 40 my VA primary care doctor put me on a statin. I had intense muscle and tendon pain with my statin usage. I couldn’t even extend my arms completely at some point. I tried stretching my arm and a tendon in my bicep tore and bled since I was also on blood thinners. It turned purple like I had been hit by something. I immediately stopped taking them and asked for an alternative cholesterol medication that wasn’t a statin and my doctor just wanted to lower my dosage. I told her no and never went back to see her.
I thought I had just been overdoing it at work the last few years. Perhaps, driving the hour commute plus standing 8 hours with heavy lifting caused my every day lower back pain and the rough time getting out of my car after work. I also thought that perhaps it was my other medication. My estrogen blocker or the consequences of the chemo and radiation I received a few years back was surely the cause. I'd just assumed I'd have to live with the uncomfortable feeling forever. This is the second day off of my statin and the flu like muscle aches have subsided. It's like my brain is finally able to acknowledge where my body is hurting and can send pain killing endorphins. I wonder if this stuff was making my depression worse along with a slew of other issues. Time will tell. I Definitely will be looking for alternative ways of staying off atorvastatin. I like being able to stand a full shift without feeling like my hips are going to split.
80 days into taking 20mg Atorvastatin, my BLOOD PLATELETS DROPPED FROM 160 TO 94 (59%) and I have myopathy. My cardio took me off the statin 7-1-2024 and going to run a battery of tests to see what damaged has been done. Will update
I stopped cause of the back thigh muscles in pain, rapid heart beat when sleep, double and blurry vision. My heart and eyes are no exceptions for side effects to damage.
Atorvastatin was killing me. It felt as if my muscles were shredding. I couldn't sleep at night for the horrible muscle cramps. I couldn't walk for days after having those cramps. I threw that medication away. I will never put that trash in my body again.
My cousin is pre diabeteic. Doctor gave METFPRMIN and also told to take Statin, stating it avoid heard stroke. Total confusion. Doctor said METFPRMIN will raise cholestroal in the body and so take Statin. Any doctors here in the group can guide us. If there are no heart issues, why one shoudl take Statin
Exactly - I've been on statins for no real reasons for 15 years, I'm 80, average lazy person, but I do cycle or walk to visit friends - I've experienced none of the doom-and-gloom so-called side-effects so what is going on? If statins really kill or hurt people, they would not be approved - 'sufferers' from my perspective should look elsewhere and seriously review lifestyle habits.
It's not the muscle pain, but joint pain that caused me to stop using statins. These people would prefer I walk with the assistance of a cane or walker and have low LDL cholesterol! . . . NOT!
I must be at the top of the rare list. I literally could not walk anymore, and I couldn't breathe either. I stopped taking them and am fine. I am an athlete and would rather have a quality of life for a shorter period of time, then live longer like an invalid.
These old TV channels have a horrible way of presenting news. Aside from what the medical information, the background imagery (actors acting pain) is just useless and misleading.
My doctor placed me on statins for high cholesterol. I went from running 22 miles a week to barely able to walk up three steps of stairs. I ask this doctor about the pain I was having and he treated my like I was seeking painkillers. He stated that he didn't have time for pain and that he had a meeting to go to. I never went back to that so call doctor.
I don't think they're extremely rare...I started rosuvastatin this past summer right before knee surgery and pre knee surgery in June 2023 I had no muscle pain... post surgery I threw the statin away because I've always been against them but in Oct 23 after shoulder surgery my doctor convinced me to take it because my chol was up a little over 200 so I did...here in April 24 the pain is almost unbearable!!!! I'm convknced I should have stuck to my guns!! Oh and let me also say that my bloodwork has ALWAYS come back normal but this past time my kidney results show damage...another side effect!!!!!
When I took these my back went out and usually a good night's rest would be enough to repair it. No until I quit taking those meds. Exercise and the sun is better for me than statins
@@Corkfish1 Understood. Just putting that note here for people that expected to see that score drop after statins. Not every doctor will set the expectations appropriately for their patients.
Dont forget server muscle pain its a concern it have you crying 😢 where you have to take pain med not only that !!!! Rash itching skin hair loss nope keep it or come up eith with something more easier i got different bottle two different brand they hurting me
Why would I trust doctors that are trained to treat and never to cure? I would take my chances with a more strict diet first before considering a doctor's medication prescribed.
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My exact thoughts! Wonder which pharmaceutical paid to tweak the stats for this to air? Pharmaceutical lobbyists are paid very well. I have worked for a pharmaceutical company so I can attest to their ability to sell a "bad" product.
Exactly!!! 😡
More fake news?
Why are doctors dismissing the crippling pain in your legs. I had to walk with a cane in my early 50s. I had to stop. I’m walking and running now. Shame on them for trying to dismiss this serious side effect.
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Cause they are paid
Rare? If muscle pain is so rare, why is this such a widely reported issue? Muscle pain due to statins is easy to show. If a patient is taking a statin and experiencing increased muscle pain, decreasing the dosage or stopping the drug will show whether the drug is the culprit. I have been taking atorvastatin for several years and also experiencing i creasing muscle pain throughout my body. I halved my dosage, and the pain almost immediately decreased. Subsequently, I tried stopping the drug and the pains disappeared nearly completely. No large scale medical studies will change my experience. Drug-related side effects are always individual, and should always be taken seriously. Statins make the drug companies a LOT of money and that should be considered when evaluating the efficacy of stories like one in this video.
His profits are tied to the drug, that's why it's rare lol
I was on Atorvastatin after a heart attack in March 2018. Stopping the Atorvastatin did nothing to ease the muscle soreness. It turned out from muscle biopsies that I have "Statin Induced Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy" Stopping the drug makes no difference.....once the harm is done, it's done. Pfizer makes $214 million PER DAY from Atorvastatin alone! Do you think that has anything to do with it?
Because it is a very widely prescribed medication and only people with problems will tend to talk about it.
Now I understand why I have muscles pains. please people stop taking statins it's not good
He’s telling a DAMN LIE!
😂😂😂 right
The muscle weakness I experienced after starting a statin was horrible. My dr initially said it was age but at my insistence did a blood test and found my CK levels were very elevated. Stopped the statin immediately and with help from a naturopath who prescribed a few supplements including COQ10 returned to feeling normal again.
Hi Has your cholesterol gone done
@@s.w2934 No it went back up again to where it was before but the new gp I started seeing said that in her opinion taking everything about my general health into account e.g. no diabetese, high blood pressure, obesity etc. she did not think I needed to go on a statin for my level of cholestrol. I decided to take her advice. Lots of factors about my health and family history were taken into account before this decision was made.
Statins are poison...a stubborn Mayo Doctor glorifying statins put my father on them, over 20 some years ago with no history of heart disease or diabetes. My Dad had problems from very start , muscle cramping and weakness. Mayo Clinic Doctor refused to take him off...just put him on different statins...20mg.
My Dad has statin induced permanent hearing loss, dementia, can't speak full sentences, all over muscle atrophy, difficult breathing, can barely walk, frequent urinary infections & Gastrointestinal bleeding that land him in the hospital, shakes, fatigue, one non functioning kidney and now heart problems...Mayo Clinic Dr. refuses to take him off of atrovastain and my Mom even asked to take him off them, Mayo Clinic Dr said no. Statins are killing him and robbed him of 15 good years.
They took a perfectly healthy non obese man with just pharmaceutical company determined high cholesterol levels, poisoned him, turned him into a frail old man and robbed him of 15 years of his life. By the way, his parents lived without statins Father 91 and Mother (over weight) 87 with diabetes and both could run circles around my frail Dad.
Statins killed him and Drs need to wake the hell up!.
Same goes for all Cholesterol lowering drugs....poisons.
Hi, did you ever get a diagnosis? My CK went from 130 to over 10,000 along with having muscle pain and dramatic muscle loss. It turned out from muscle biopsies that I have "Statin Induced Necrotizing Autoimmune Myopathy" .....if you haven't found out what was wrong with you, it may be what I have!
You sure that helps? Because I can't even walk that's how bad it made me feel . Low back pain is unbelievable. Muscles, headaches and I can't sleep without sleeping med. Clanapam wich is probably not good for me to take. Originally they proscribed this med. For heart palpation. Now I know whycI had heart palpation- elevated blood pressure. Don't we learn a lot just from interacting here .!!!
My dad died an incredibly painful death from a statin. It caused acute pancreatitis, which destroyed the rest of his organs, his necrotized pancreas perforated his intestines, and he died painfully with his intestinal waste seeping into his abdomen. If this description doesn't make you run the other way from statins, then I don't know what will. Stay away from them at all costs.
Note: He never had pancreatic issues, never had a heart attack, was prescribed the statin for cholesterol and family history of heart disease. He didn't want to be on a statin and didn't understand what he was taking was a statin, but his doctor failed to communicate that the drug was a generic for a name brand statin. If he had known this, he would have refused to take it. My dad would be alive today and would have walked me down the aisle at my wedding if it weren't for the malpractice of that doctor. My only comfort is knowing there's a special place in hell for the doctor who prescribed him that poison. This life is short, but eternity is long.
I stopped taking rosuvastatin because it gave me shortness of breath and I developed swallowing issues shortly after starting it. I took it for quite a while. I've been off of it for over a month and my breathing is so much better. Not completely back to normal, but getting better every day. Saying that side effects are overblown is insulting to the people that experience them
Statins clearly did not kill your dad.
Look for information about the former ABC ( Australian Broadcasting Commission ) medical investigational journalist Dr. Maryanne Demasi , who attempted from 2013 to initiate debate about the use of statins. She ended up being silenced by by her employer with a gag order, and her TV program "Catalyst" was cancelled, with all members from the executive producer down all sacked. Her very logical and extensive investigation showed that it was impossible to gain access to any of the statin research. She was continually told that the research shows that statins were safe and that you will just have to trust us on that. The only problem is that the authorities holding the statin research were financed by the pharmaceutical industries! No different to a drug carte saying that fentanyl is completely safe to use.
Modern allopathic medicine is great for emergencies and short term use to help us avoid urgencies. What most ppl including the majority of medical professionals fail to tell us is that we need to focus on diet, exercise, and lifestyle choices to help us be healthy for long term sake. The reason we're left in the dark? Because their profits are tied to prescribing and selling drugs, directly and/or indirectly.
BTW, I love the way this so called expert just told everyone who has experienced this side effect that it wasn't true or from the drug. Ppl like him make me love science lol.
I couldn't walk after taking 3 Crestor pills. My legs locked straight with huge cramps.
The pain was tremendous; not an ache. I've found other people with the identical experience.
I've heard from PhDs that statins show no benefits, in properly done statistical studies.
I'm looking for those studies. I'm an engineer so I can read and understand science.
I had the same result from Crestor. I could not walk at all. That is no way to live!
I’m currently experiencing the same thing.. how long did it take for you to go back to normal activities?
I have been on these meds for a long time and over time I developed pain so bad I couldn't get out of bed. I have been through every test imaginable. Last month my doctor told me to stop taking these meds for a month. Guess what??? It's the end of the month and I'm pain free. I'm so upset because I wasted 3 or 4 years with this horrible pain and now it's gone???
I cannot count the number of people I know that cannot tolerate the side effects of statins. And apparently many physicians are speaking out about how statins are "pharmacy driven". Being the most prescribed drug, plus new theories about the cholesterol test being outdated makes me want to pursue more information. Have read in journals about new tests that take in account of the lipid size in the bloodstream. I simply cannot tolerate any of them.
They’re terrible. I get crippling pain from them. Of course big pharma paid this study.
Then don't take them duh
me too. see my comment above.
Have you stopped them? Please look into groups about statins. They are very dangerous drugs and can cause extremely dangerous effects. Temporary Global Amnesia is a common one. Very scary. Suicidal depression. Alzheimer's. Parkinson's.
Most importantly, the body and brain NEED cholesterol. The whole thing is based on bad science and the #CholesterolMyth.
@@JohnJohnson-fi6ol no need to be a jerk.
@Hellynn Wheels --> I couldn't walk after taking 3 Crestor pills. My legs locked straight with huge cramps.
The pain was tremendous; not an ache. I've found other people with the identical experience.
Don’t avoid them try them, but after 10 of years of thinking I was getting old and bad knees and sore muscles I discovered statins caused this. I struggled to walk. Went off then cold turkey and was a new man in 2 weeks. It was just terrible. Fatigue was brutal. Who knew it was my meds?
I lost my memory really bad. it affected my new job performance. i stopped it 2 weeks ago. my muscle pain is still there. i couldnt climb stairs and it caused me confusion.
so you took poison then stopped and you became healthy? shocking
I was on it for way too long. I didn't realize that what I was experiencing was bad side effects until I stopped about a month ago.
From Ben Fuchs (popular pharmacist), "The best "statin" is an egg"!!!
Not true! Atorvastatin 20mg can cause severe muscle pain
This doctor works for Henry Ford medical, enough said! Leave they're medication and murderous hearts alone and go natural PRAYERFULLY IN JESUS CHRIST'S SWEET AND MIGHTY NAME!
Say no to drugs
Say no to "doctors."
After beginning statins, I had such muscular pain in my legs that I could not sit long enough to drive. When I stopped taking the pills, the leg pain vanished.
My mum have been taking statin and she was prediabetics.
She is having muscle pains on both legs & can’t even walk for 5 min
She used to walk few hours before.
Her blood sugar doesnt even go down.
I went through debilitating weakness and pain for 3 years. I always felt like I had the flu. I tried three different statins and they all did the same thing. They acted like it was all in my head psychosomatic. The new drugs that they are coming out with are about $14,000 a year. How can anyone afford this?. I know I can't!
At schools across the nation, the cardboard pizza goes down the gullet, the apple down the trash bin. No problem. All the protective nutrient can be simulated later with an endless supply of pills.
I have a huge knot over my elbow that wasn’t there before, unbearable fatigue, pain up the wahzoo. I stopped the Statin and never looking back!!
It’s not only leg or muscle pain that is being reported, it’s also memory loss which I had from taking statins. My neighbor was put on statins and she developed diabetes.
This is an absolutely BS... Atorvastatin totally gave me muscle, bone, and liver pain... I stopped this terrible drug after 5 years of many pains and issues and things got much better...
I have fibromyalgia and when I started statins it was excruciating painful.
I have fibromyalgia and ostio arthritis and my doctor wants me to go on them because I have high cholesterol but I am worried about the muscle pain that you can get from the simvastatin medication
It became an issue when unexpected and intolerable pain appeared to the low back or feet. Got off this medication asap.
BALONEY......I was taking a Statin and started getting SEVERE cramps in my thighs and hands that wouldn't give up! My wife started taking a Statin and now has very painful "Locked Shoulder Syndrome." A conincidence? I think NOT!
Says you doc!! When you can’t step out of bed in the morning, you too may chuck them statins!!
After having a hole in my heart closed 3 months after turning 40 my VA primary care doctor put me on a statin. I had intense muscle and tendon pain with my statin usage. I couldn’t even extend my arms completely at some point. I tried stretching my arm and a tendon in my bicep tore and bled since I was also on blood thinners. It turned purple like I had been hit by something. I immediately stopped taking them and asked for an alternative cholesterol medication that wasn’t a statin and my doctor just wanted to lower my dosage. I told her no and never went back to see her.
I thought I had just been overdoing it at work the last few years. Perhaps, driving the hour commute plus standing 8 hours with heavy lifting caused my every day lower back pain and the rough time getting out of my car after work. I also thought that perhaps it was my other medication. My estrogen blocker or the consequences of the chemo and radiation I received a few years back was surely the cause. I'd just assumed I'd have to live with the uncomfortable feeling forever. This is the second day off of my statin and the flu like muscle aches have subsided. It's like my brain is finally able to acknowledge where my body is hurting and can send pain killing endorphins. I wonder if this stuff was making my depression worse along with a slew of other issues. Time will tell. I Definitely will be looking for alternative ways of staying off atorvastatin. I like being able to stand a full shift without feeling like my hips are going to split.
How's it going?
She's so pretty & her hair is beautiful ❤
Statins caused my aunty to get dementia. Stay away from this crap. Eat well, enjoy life
What???? I’m in my 50s and can’t walk, having pain in legs for years. I feel like i am 90 yo. Shut up liars!!!!
80 days into taking 20mg Atorvastatin, my BLOOD PLATELETS DROPPED FROM 160 TO 94 (59%) and I have myopathy. My cardio took me off the statin 7-1-2024 and going to run a battery of tests to see what damaged has been done. Will update
So they’ve been around for decades and yet they can’t make a safer product for people with the profits they’ve made?
Rubbish medical industry 101
I don’t want to take cholesterol medicine and it’s addictive and there could be side effects?
It's not addictive lol
I stopped cause of the back thigh muscles in pain, rapid heart beat when sleep, double and blurry vision. My heart and eyes are no exceptions for side effects to damage.
Atorvastatin was killing me. It felt as if my muscles were shredding. I couldn't sleep at night for the horrible muscle cramps. I couldn't walk for days after having those cramps. I threw that medication away. I will never put that trash in my body again.
My pain was life altering!
My cousin is pre diabeteic. Doctor gave METFPRMIN and also told to take Statin, stating it avoid heard stroke. Total confusion. Doctor said METFPRMIN will raise cholestroal in the body and so take Statin. Any doctors here in the group can guide us. If there are no heart issues, why one shoudl take Statin
Exactly - I've been on statins for no real reasons for 15 years, I'm 80, average lazy person, but I do cycle or walk to visit friends - I've experienced none of the doom-and-gloom so-called side-effects so what is going on? If statins really kill or hurt people, they would not be approved - 'sufferers' from my perspective should look elsewhere and seriously review lifestyle habits.
My dad is 90 and he's been taking 20mg every day for 30 years. I went over to his house last week and he was doing pushups
It's not the muscle pain, but joint pain that caused me to stop using statins. These people would prefer I walk with the assistance of a cane or walker and have low LDL cholesterol! . . . NOT!
KEEP YOUR STATINS BIG PHARMA
I must be at the top of the rare list. I literally could not walk anymore, and I couldn't breathe either. I stopped taking them and am fine. I am an athlete and would rather have a quality of life for a shorter period of time, then live longer like an invalid.
These old TV channels have a horrible way of presenting news. Aside from what the medical information, the background imagery (actors acting pain) is just useless and misleading.
My doctor placed me on statins for high cholesterol. I went from running 22 miles a week to barely able to walk up three steps of stairs. I ask this doctor about the pain I was having and he treated my like I was seeking painkillers. He stated that he didn't have time for pain and that he had a meeting to go to. I never went back to that so call doctor.
I have been using them for 2 weeks now.i can barely walk . I so frustrated
I don't think they're extremely rare...I started rosuvastatin this past summer right before knee surgery and pre knee surgery in June 2023 I had no muscle pain... post surgery I threw the statin away because I've always been against them but in Oct 23 after shoulder surgery my doctor convinced me to take it because my chol was up a little over 200 so I did...here in April 24 the pain is almost unbearable!!!! I'm convknced I should have stuck to my guns!! Oh and let me also say that my bloodwork has ALWAYS come back normal but this past time my kidney results show damage...another side effect!!!!!
So much gaslighting.
You shouldn’t ask a doctor for advice if he hasn’t had personal experience, they’re just gonna tell you what they’ve read
That's BS Doc ! I've had terrible muscle pain since being on Atorvastatin !!!!
When I took these my back went out and usually a good night's rest would be enough to repair it. No until I quit taking those meds. Exercise and the sun is better for me than statins
I had a stroke have high C but refuse statins .period . Better chech out effects more !!
Statin affect those with gout
Stop Lying to people!
I took low dose statins for a couple of years when my calcium score was 90. I decided to go off them and ten years later my calcium score tripled.
Statins will raise your calcium score by "stabilizing" the soft plaque. They don't tell you that when you're starting them. Look into that.
@@janlange3839 That's the point. Stable plaque is less dangerous
@@Corkfish1 Understood. Just putting that note here for people that expected to see that score drop after statins. Not every doctor will set the expectations appropriately for their patients.
You obviously have not taken the medication. I know what I feel. Also bone pain in shins, hands,fingers and such.
It works fine for me
Telling a lie!!
Dont forget server muscle pain its a concern it have you crying 😢 where you have to take pain med not only that !!!! Rash itching skin hair loss nope keep it or come up eith with something more easier i got different bottle two different brand they hurting me
45 super negative comments trump one “doctor” on the pharmaceutical doll🤭
To be clear, BS.
Hell yes it almost cripples you
Why would I trust doctors that are trained to treat and never to cure? I would take my chances with a more strict diet first before considering a doctor's medication prescribed.
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