Hi I am T2 and have been on Astorvastatin (Lipitor 10mg) since being diabetic (about 7 years). I have just had a letter from my gp saying that I am being took off Astorvastatin and being put on Simvastatin 40mg.
I have read some terrible side effects that people have had while on this drug and I have wrote to my gp stating this and have also asked why I am going on a much higher dose.
Her reply was that it is the health board that has decided the change and the higher dose will not work out any higher than Astorvastatin because Simvastatin is a less powerful drug.
I was just wondering if anyone out there is on this "weaker" drug and how they have been feeling while taking it.
I havent got high cholestrol but was but on statins to help prevent heart disease through Diabetes.