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MiniMe

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3. Not to mention the pain that they cause
Sun Jun 24, 2012, 11:37 AM
Jun 2012

I can't take a lot of statins because I feel like I have been hit by a bus when I take them. Took a while to find one that I can tolerate, and at the right dosage. I can't take lipitor or crestor, I seem to be OK with Zocor (simvastatin). But I got in an argument with my cardiologist about the dosage. After my heart attack, they put me on 80mg, which is the maximum. I started getting those deep muscle aches that I got on lipitor, and then the FDA came out with something about if you were having pain at that dose, to go to a different statin, or lower the dose. My cholesterol went down to 147, and I talked to my cardiologist about the dosage and the pain I was having. I'll spare you the details, but getting him to understand that the pain was severe and I wouldn't take it at that dosage any more. I changed doctors after that, because I feel like if my doctor won't discuss things like that with me, he doesn't really care.

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