I’d never had tendinitis in my elbow, I’ve been working out for 18 years, and after taking statin i started having tendinitis that last for 6 months, then I stoped taking it and the pain took away. Then as the pain was away a i stated taking it again and after 2 months I got pain one more time in my elbow tendon.
woudl it be related with statin as I never had any pain or just a mere coincidence ?
Tendonitis or not the statins are providing a potentially life saving function and I would have to be suffering a life threatening side effect to stop taking them. Perhaps the dosage, your hydration levels or exercise regime could be looked at. I'd run it past my GP before making any decisions to stop taking a medicine with significant proven health benefits. Hopefully you can get the tendonitis sorted.
Hi Edson, I'm currently laying off my Statin ( 40mg Atorvastatin) for a month following a discussion with my GP. I'm 72 yrs of age had a bypass 4 months ago. I've been playing racket sports for over 50 years never ever suffered a calf muscle strain/muscle tear.
Until a week ago!!.
If you're like me my sports is who I am and the thought that a Statin could jeopardize my tennis has given me sleepless nights. I did not suffer a heart attack prior to my Bypass, never suffered high blood pressure or high levels of good or bad cholesterol.
So, in my case a 4 week layoff is hardly going to do me any serious harm.
However, I will be having a serious conversation with my doctor in three weeks time. Do I start taking a daily Statin again and risk not being able to exercise due to muscle strain/damage or risk my Bypass grafts furring up by stopping daily Statin therapy.
In short it comes down your particular circumstances. Age - general health - underlying conditions etc.
But as Chinkoflight says. Speak to your Doctor before you drop any medication as he or she is qualified to advise you.
I'm certainly not but I no where you're coming from.
Greetings from a very cold UK🤗❄️
All of the major studies looking at tens of thousands of people over years would suggest that your tendonitis is a coincidence. However as others have said statins are life savers so talk to your GP about dosage or just sit it out and see what happens.
There are plenty of studies that show a link between statin use and tendinopathy.
As the others have mentioned it is very unlikely to be statins. There is a good chance it is coincidence and one of those things from getting older.
Denis, it is commendable that you as active as you are but you have been lucky to have never suffered an injury like that previously, look at any pro athlete and the number of injuries they will incur over their career. I doubt it's the statins, a 4 week lay off is enough to set your fitness levels back immensely. Having a bypass and the layoff associated with it is more likely the cause, it will take a lot longer for you to get back to the same level of fitness you had prior to this.
Hi trash_panda, that's exactly what my wife said!🤣
Strangely, my GP was more sympathetic to my point of view. As to Atorvastatin contributing to potential muscle tears, though probably unproven when you come across scientific articles purporting to show a link. It does give anyone one who's taking this medication a bit of a colly wobble.
Best regards, Denis
I’m 35 years old, have been training for 18 years. Never had any issues, my right arm is paining too.
There’s lot of links relating use of statins to tendinitis
I can only go by my own experience. I'm 46, I've been taking 80mg of Atorvastatin a day for 6 years now. I have not experienced any problems. I'm not back to where I was before the MI as I've been advised not to hold my breath and brace like I used to while lifting but I'm benching 120kg for 10 reps without issue in my elbows. I do a lot of warm up to that weight though starting at 50kg and 20+ reps. I do a pyramid so about 9 sets in all. As I cant go heavy I'm replacing it with volume.
A lot of the people on these are typically at the point in life where they get issues like this anyway. As part of the due diligence the pharma companies have to do is report anything the people using the drug notice. So many things can be ascribed to them that aren't actually caused by them.
However, it is worth having a chat with your GP. There are options and other types of statin that may be more suitable for you.
I'm not suggesting that you have but I would recommend not reading the potential side effects as that can cause a placebo effect.
My pains have subsided since my GP swooped me to Rosuvastatin. Try them and see what happens 👍😊
Make sure GP is aware of your temporary removal of statins. Then when you begin again ask for an alternative. Not everyone reacts the same way to meds. I was in extreme leg pain on atorvastatin for several years and stupidly just put up with it. I came of it for a month and pain cleared. I was then put on a low dose of rosuvastatin and have been fine.
I never had joint pain in the elbow until after my heart attack and starting in statins. Didnt occur to me there could be a link. My GP put an injection in my elbow - will only stop the pan for about 3 months I understand but food to be pain free for now.
Statins are known to cause muscle pains and in rare cases tendinitis, see below. So it is therefore possible that the statin you are taking could be causing your tendinitis. However you have been prescribed a statin for a reason (especially if you are known to have heart disease) so it is unwise long term to stop taking it without consulting your prescribing medic (your GP?). Although the particular statin you are taking may be responsible for your tendinitis other statins may not cause this side effect and a discussion with your medic should be able to address this by a change to something else. And if statins are not for you because of side effects other forms of medication are available to achieve similar results
Hi.It's funny you should say that. I have never had back pain in my life before - I'm 72 now - but since just after being put on statins, I have the most awful back pain. It has grown steadily worse since I started on the statins 5 months ago.
I am sure it's the statins and have done an online Klinic form asking for doctors advice, however, as doctors never blame statins for anything, am not expecting any difference this time.
I believe there is an alternative to statins, and the pain in my back is so bad a lot of the time, that I would like to try them instead.
What does anyone think of all this?
Thanks
Denise
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