COULD THIS BE DUE TO STATINS

[spiritfree]

I went to see my gp today as I have been having trouble with pain. I am getting really bad pains and burning in the muscles in my arms. It is so very painful. my hands keep getting pins and needles and going very cold. I also have bad pain and burning in the muscles in my legs. My back, around kidney area also feels sore and bruised.I have got no energy at all I am having a blood test on Friday to see what is going on. I have read the leaflet in the statin box and these symptoms fit with the side effects. I don't feel well at all. I get results in 2 weeks. Please help with advice and what you think.PLEASE HELP

 

[Bubbsie]

spiritfree...sorry I have no experience of statins and can't advise on that...do the instructions say whether to continue with those side effects?...sounds awful...even though you are due a blood test tomorrow can you ring your surgery this morning and seek advice there?...wish there was something I could do for you.

 

[KookyCat]

Hi Spiritfree
I don't think anybody will be able to answer the question. It could be a side effect of the statins if those are listed on the patient information, but similar symptoms could also be lots of other things including a virus if it started very recently, or something like a B12 deficiency which also causes some nerve tingling in some people. Did you ask if it might be a side effect of the statins when you arranged the blood test? Are the statins New in your medication regime? If you're very worried about the statins being the cause then let the GP now. If they suspect it's a serious reaction to statins there's a protocol they're supposed to follow, but I don't know what that is exactly (sorry). Hope you get some answers quickly, and sorry you're feeling so rotten.

 

[Vicsetter]

There is a simple way to test if it's the Statins - stop taking them. They are prescribed as a preventative measure so there should be no problem stopping them When I was on them my GP went through every brand of statin trying to find one that didn't give muscle pain, without success, eventually telling me to stop taking them. I can't say that the pain was as bad as yours (only in my legs, making it very hard to sleep).
Just a thought - you haven't been eating grapefruit or grapefruit juice have you?

 

[Jonsi]

My GP prescribed Atorvastatin for me and after about two weeks of taking them I was a wreck. Exhausted, no muscle strength, aches, pains etc. It came to a head when I had to crawl to bed one night. I saw the GP and stopped them and started feeling better within a week or so. As the GP said "they work for lots of people, but not all". Having a father who was immune to penicillin and a wife allergic to it I know exactly what she meant.

 

[KateR]

I can only tell you of my late hubby's experience, which was very similar and went completely when he stopped taking them. I would advise you to check with your GP first though in case it's something else.

 

[grovesy]

I had a conversation about Statins with my Diabetic Nurse not long before she retired and she was finding more people were reporting problems.

 

[Amigo]

They had a really serious effect on my hubbie's shoulder muscles. He had to stop them because he just couldn't function with the impact. And it eased when he stopped them.

 

[malturn]

I was on statins and had similar problems which dissapeared as soon as I stopped taking them. Though when I developed heart problems the cardiologists wanted to put me back on them but I refused so they gave me something called Fenofibrate which I have been taking now for over 4 years without any side effects. It might be worth having a chat with your GP and see if this is an alternative that would work for you.Good luck.

 

[grovesy]

I was on statins and had similar problems which dissapeared as soon as I stopped taking them. Though when I developed heart problems the cardiologists wanted to put me back on them but I refused so they gave me something called Fenofibrate which I have been taking now for over 4 years without any side effects. It might be worth having a chat with your GP and see if this is an alternative that would work for you.Good luck.

My friend's husband is on that he has heart problems too and can't take the usall ones, GP's don't like prescribing as it is alot more expensive.

 

[mikeyB]

I agree with Vic. You'll come to no harm stopping the statin. If it all goes away, you've got your answer.

 

[loader]

Unfortunately, this is not a good question to ask on a forum.

You will get sensible answers but you will hear every opinion between “Statins cause global warming” and “Statins save babies lives”.

In between there will be claims that they are a conspiracy by the drug companies and corrupt doctors to rip off the NHS

My friend on FaceBook has a third cousin who married a GP and whilst in Dubai was at the conference that agreed ‘because we have spent so much developing statins, they will be pushed on everyone including children and kittens’.

Yes, I would normally be sceptical about such ‘FaceBook Facts’ however he also said something about faked moon landings, water poisoned with fluoride (to control population growth) and a Lizard Queen – so he must be telling the truth.

As it’s going to be impossible to access all the facts, the only option I would consider is to ask your GP. And if you don’t like their attitude, change GPs. Once you have a GP you are happy to trust, ask them about trying different versions or stopping altogether.

Good luck and please let us know how you get on – nothing beats true first hand reporting.

Another great Social Media observation – you only have to add two ‘a’s to statin to make it an anagram of Satan TIA. Conclusive proof huh?

Stay sceptical!

 

[Vicsetter]

Unfortunately, this is not a good question to ask on a forum.

You will get sensible answers but you will hear every opinion between “Statins cause global warming” and “Statins save babies lives”.

In between there will be claims that they are a conspiracy by the drug companies and corrupt doctors to rip off the NHS

My friend on FaceBook has a third cousin who married a GP and whilst in Dubai was at the conference that agreed ‘because we have spent so much developing statins, they will be pushed on everyone including children and kittens’.

Yes, I would normally be sceptical about such ‘FaceBook Facts’ however he also said something about faked moon landings, water poisoned with fluoride (to control population growth) and a Lizard Queen – so he must be telling the truth.

As it’s going to be impossible to access all the facts, the only option I would consider is to ask your GP. And if you don’t like their attitude, change GPs. Once you have a GP you are happy to trust, ask them about trying different versions or stopping altogether.

Good luck and please let us know how you get on – nothing beats true first hand reporting.

Another great Social Media observation – you only have to add two ‘a’s to statin to make it an anagram of Satan TIA. Conclusive proof huh?

Stay sceptical!

I think you are confusing this forum to a search engine or Facebook!! The vast majority of replies on this forum are anecdotal.
I am not sure how you would know your GP is trustworthy? maybe see if they can truthfully say that they don't get a payment based on the number of patients that are on Statins.

 

[loader]

You can never know if your GP is trustworthy – that’s the point of my post.

However, if you want to enter into a (statin) dialog with your GP then it’s a little pointless if you don’t trust them.

All it really says is; if you don’t trust your GPs opinion – don’t waste your mutual time by asking for it – just do your own thing knowing you are responsible for your own actions.

Nothing wrong with knowing more than your GP – I’m sure there are people that do. I’m not one of them though.

Sorry if it sounded like I was preaching.

 

[mikeyB]

Could you please explain what you mean by your GP being "trustworthy"?

 

[mikeyB]

Come on, Loader, explain what you mean by your GP being "trustworthy". No need to be shy, I'm only asking.

 

[robert@fm]

Yes, I would normally be sceptical about such ‘FaceBook Facts’ however he also said something about faked moon landings, water poisoned with fluoride (to control population growth) and a Lizard Queen – so he must be telling the truth.

But statins contain aspartame made from GMO crops grown in the Bermuda Triangle, everyone knows that. 🙄

 

[Deleted member 16779]

The interesting thing about statin side effects, is that in a meta-analysis of trials, (where they took the results of as many trials as they could fine and combined the results into, effectively, one super-trial) people in the placebo group experienced the side effects as much as those taking the actual statins.

Even more interesting though is that the authors don't trust this analysis too much, because they found that there was bias in drug-company funded research to only release the positive results and suppress the negative ones.

Personally, when I took statins, I was diabetic, overweight, had a hiatus hernia, a bad back, bad snoring and therefore sleeplessness (and possibly more back from getting poked in it so much). I was taking metformin, omeprazole for the HH, blood pressure meds and the statin, and pain meds on and off for the back problems. I had various problems with bowels, leg cramps, tiredness, but god knows what the actual cause of each of those issues was - side effect of the the illness, one of the drugs, interaction of two or more drugs, interaction of the drug and another illness?

There's a lot of paranoia and fake news from the 'natural is good / science is bad' community who would rather sell you ineffective by just as potentially dangerous supplements and 'cleanses' but personally, I don't take them because I'm not convinced I need them now and a precautionary principle of taking as few drugs as possible to fix symptoms when treating the root cause is possible.