Re: Kaiser "cholesterol clinic" experience

Susan <susan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 3/25/2011 8:40 PM, Ellen K. wrote:

For myself, I would like to go off at least for a three-month trial to
see if my various symptoms go away, i.e. if they are from the
simvastatin. If they *don't* go away, then I have to pester the doctor
to find out what's causing them, but I would be ok with going back on it
if my lipids went up during the trial period.

Here's the problem; when my BIL was experiencing fatigue, cramps and
muscle aches on simvastatin I researched the question of stopping and
symptom reduction.

The damage doesn't always go away, some symptoms may remain permanently
to varying degrees, so you can't count on their presence to suggest the
statin wasn't causing them.

When I was arguing with my doc about whether I should try taking a
statin for a third time I looked into this. One discovery that made me
unwilling to try again for a third time was that not all those side
effects whose symptoms decrease a lot when you stop the statin recover
completely. There's often some residual permanent damage or loss.

--
Chris Malcolm
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