Cholesterol drug Atorvastatin

[Lash65]

Cardiologist wants me to start taking this drug for cholesterol but I'm scared of it. I've heard that it can aggravate chronic fatigue, and I suspect if it does that it'll probably aggravate RLS as well. He put me on kind of a high dosage of it too (40mg).

Does anyone have any experience with this? TIA

[Neil46]

Hi Lash65, I know nothing about high cholesterol but my mother was prescribed statins and experienced a lot of leg pain with it. Her doctor took her off the statins then.

Just a thought - there is a Cholesterol Support community here in HealthUnlocked. Could you take a look at their Q's and A's? Might give some info

Best Wishes, hope you find the right answers

Neil

[Lash65 in reply to Neil46]

Thank you Neil46.

[Kaarina Administrator]

Hi Lash

On using the Search Button, this old thread came up. May be of some help to you perhaps?

healthunlocked.com/rlsuk/po.....

[Lash65 in reply to Kaarina]

Thank you Kaarina.

[ELLSBELLS]

Everyone is different but my Doctor changed my prescription from simvastatin to atorvastatin and it caused a breakthrough in my well managed rls. When I mentioned this he said to take half the dose but alas this still caused that creepy crawly sensation and so I returned to simvastatin until recently when I decided statins were not for me.

[Lash65 in reply to ELLSBELLS]

Thank you ELLSBELLS. This confirms my suspicious about it.

[Yorgi1950]

Hello Lash65. After reading about all the bad side effects of statin drugs, I started taking some natural supplements and they have lowered my bad cholesterol and triglycerides better than the simvastatin did, to my dr's suprise! I take 500mg Citrus Bergamot, one capsule daily and 200mg Ubiquinol (body ready CoQ10), one soft gel daily. Statin drugs interfere with your body absorbing the nutrients you need, especially CoQ10 and can cause many different health problems. I get both supplements thru Puritan's Pride. Both have 60 capsules and last 2 months. Hope this is of some help to you.

[Lash65 in reply to Yorgi1950]

Thank you Yorgi1950. This is very helpful. I've been hearing a lot of good stuff about CoQ10. My brother's cholesterol is much worse than mine, so this might help him too.

[Yorgi1950]

Lash65. Make sure you get Ubiquinol, not regular CoQ10, there is a difference. Regular CoQ10 does not absorb as well as Ubiquinol, and many CoQ10's are not of good quality.

[Lash65 in reply to Yorgi1950]

Okay. Will do. Thanks so much!

[Hidden]

I take it now effect on my RLS but we all have different outcomes tof the same meds. Try it out you will know soon enough

Good luck

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Sorry meant no effect

[Lash65 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks for the reply. I guess I need to try it once to find out. But if I react to it I won't take it again. I'm scratching my head at why the high dosage when my levels are barely elevated.

[Smiffyliz]

Not sure if it affects RLS but I had to come off statins as legs in so much muscle pain I could W hardly walk to the end of the street

[Lash65 in reply to Smiffyliz]

Thanks for your reply. I still haven't tried it.

[SlickNC]

I recently had a heart attack and they put me on an 80mg dose it does aggravate my RLS. I'm going to ask the Dr what the alternatives might be.