On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 12:26:44 AM UTC-5, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
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> My wife was put on a statin several years ago. She quit taking it when
> she soon developed severe leg pain. She told her doctor she had quit,
> and that was that.
>
I developed shoulder blade cramps, kneecap twitching, and collar bone pain.
Statins have the side effect of sucking potassium out of your system and I
corrected the problem by taking two otc potassium caplets daily. My doctor
recommended throwing in some magnesium tablets into that dosage and rarely
do I ever have any cramps or twitching.
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> She developed a heart flutter a few years later and was sent to a
> cardiologist. He told her that there are lots of statins, so lets try
> this one. It works for her without symptoms. Have the doctor prescribe
> different ones until one works.
>
When I first started taking statins years ago we had to go through different
brands to find the one that would work for me. One would reduce the good
cholesterol (HDL) without doing anything to the bad (LDL). The next pres-
cription would have the opposite effect and on and on we went until I tried
the Vytorin. Perfect! It boosted the good cholesterol and lowered the bad
cholesterol without effecting the liver.