Statins!!

[sandandkev]

Has anyone here had problems with statins?? Am on 3rd lot-- Atorvastin affected my liver, Ezetimibe made me so tired couldn't do anything,now on rosuvastatin but feeling really tired again! I feel at 67 need a good quality of life and keep getting pressured to take these!

[Happyrosie]

I’ve seen many comments on here about statins on the same lines as yours. There’s been, over the years, quite a bit of publicity about this too. There was a small research study that showed there was no difference, essentially, between those people who were on statins or a placebo.

However, saying that, it doesn’t stop YOU from feeling terrible on them!

NICE (National Institute for Clinical Evidence) has published a pathway that GPs can follow if their patients have problems tolerating them and you can read this on their website if you can struggle through the medical stuff.

The pharmacist attached to your doc’s group of surgeries should be well up on it all so if you phone the docs receptionist and ask for a phone appointment with him/her, they can advise the doctor - assuming that this is how the surgery works.

In the meantime do you need to tweak your diet and lifestyle? Get advice on this from the BHF website.

[tennisracket]

Im on Atorvastatin and it works for me.

[Southeastgirl]

I've just ended my 4th one! At this point I'm scared to try another one because each and everyone had side effects so bad that effected my life. I cannot not be able to walk with two young children! I had been battling hip pain, limping, referred for physio since March....and since summer holidays forgot to take a dose of ezetimibe and noticed the difference straight away. I now haven't been taking it for 3 weeks and feel like a new person. However from the last blood test my cholesterol was up from 4.7 to 5.2 so shows it wasn't even working!

Sounds like it is just trial and error to find which one works for everyone 😞

[Oldforge73]

Earlier this year I was advised to take Atorvastatin 20mg. I did this with an open mind and for the first 8 weeks all was okay after that major side effects kicked in. I toughed it out until my first blood test at 12 weeks, the results were impressive I think my body had been rinsed of nearly all my cholesterol and triglycerides. I decided that maybe I needed a certain level of cholesterol to actually function so I gave them a break then started again. I cut the tablets in half and took one every other day. So far ok and will experiment by taking 10mg every week day and non at the weekend. Hopefully taking a low dose like this will be better than nothing. I will find out when I get another blood test.

[Adlon57]

Nah! don't take the stupid things, I have diabetes 2, but before that my weight was a bit OTT, I originally was on four different different tablets, after three months on statins, 10 different tablets, side effects, reactions, I stopped them myself , good job!👍 five years later officially got diabetes 2, too much sugar in my liver, again statins threatened, lost 2 stone, politely told GP diabetes 'specialist'😝