... cramps at night while I sleep,fingers cramps every now and then,numbness and tingling in my feet when I stand on them for any length of time and flushing red face everyday which is my biggest side affect that bothers me the most.I'm going to see my doctor for my yearly physical and wanted to know if I should ask him to prescribe me a liver enzyme function blood test and a kidney test since I've been taking a statin now for almost 1 year?
I've been taking Simvastatin 40mg. tab once a day now for 10 months and of course I've had calf?
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- 1 Apr 2012 by dfee
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- sta-d, sleep disorders, simvastatin, sleep, tingling, cramp
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Marvell
Anonymous 2 Apr 2012
Your doctor should have been running these tests every 3 months being on a statin anyway! You need to get off of that statin! There are new drugs available now for high cholesterol that don't cause the muscle & nerve damage. I hope it's not too late for yours... Mary
msfino2 Apr 2012
Get off the STATIN!! They are now putting up black boxes in the PDR regarding statins (finally). You can control your cholesterol with natural methods also, such as red yeast rice,plant sterols, and niacin (available in many forms which can avoid the flushing effect) which are very powerful supplements in and of themselves. I would try those before I would EVER go on another statin. One of the active participants on this site almost died from statins. It is not worth what you are apparently doing to your body. They are finding out that cholesterol may not be as bad as they once thought depending on the type of cholesterol you have. FI, the"bad" cholesterol actually is now divided into two groups, large bad cholesterol, and small bad cholesterol. The large "bad" cholesterol, is actually GOOD, and doesn't do any harm, but unless they do a very specific blood test on you, they don't know whether you have that or not.
meyati5 Apr 2012
I have permenent muscle damage from simvastatin-it and Zocor penetrate the deepest and cause the most damage. I had to hire a dog walker- I was walking over a mile a day 10 months ago- Don't take any type of statin- I'm in pain- can't keep a clean house and don't have enough money to hire someone for that. I just finished physical therapy, I've been in ER for dehydration-in FEB. drank lots od liquid-had to modify my diet to keep out of the ER 4 that. If I won the lottery I'd go to India and get my feet amputated and artificial feet so that I could walk again
phonedar1
20 Jul 2012
I have been on simvastatin for the last 12 years on and off. for the past three years I have had muscle pain and now it is to the place I am on pain pills to try and ease the pain in the legs, thighs, arms, feet, back. I am in so much pain day and night. I cannot sleep without sleeping pills. I went to my dr today and told him I needed to know what is causing all this muscle pain and he said for me to quit taking my simvastatin for 8 weeks. now what i am reading I will never ever go back to taking it. my closterial is high and I have two stints but there must be something else. I dont want to be on pain pills but I cannot take this pain. It is so severe. I feel stiff and sore and like someone beat me all the time. My feet are always cold now. I hope beging off simvastatin works and I hope it is not too late.
meyati
20 Jul 2012
Your doctor is an idiot- putting you on pain pills instead of removing the cause of the pain. If you aren't on a walker or in a wheelchair-you have to consider yourself a winner. Sorry-but stopping taking it seldom removes the pain- It might reduce it- are you taking CoQ 10, Vitamin B 6 and 12. They're helping me a lot. What type of pain do you have? skin crawling burning? joints hurting and stiff? Back spasms-don't know why, but most people get it in the right shoulder-then it spasms all over? Ice packs are good for the burning skin and inflamed muscles. I think the dying muscles twist and pull-which causes the pain in the feet and lower legs. Go to a podriatrist and get some help-as the twisted muscles mess up the plantar muscle on the bottom of your feet. If you can't do that- go to Walgreen or Walmart and get Dr. Scholls insert for plantar- that ice- Coq 10 should help you. Also hamstring stretches really helped me.
pegasi9 meyati
20 Jul 2012
What do U suggest for evaluation- you probably know something the rest of us don't know or are over-looking- I've just started driving for more than a mile without pain. I'm getting where I can stand now without too much trouble-walking the dogs around a short block- But I doubt that I'll ever hike again--
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Thanks to all of you that have commented on my statin problem and yes msfino I have tried the red yeast rice,plant sterols and niacin and my cholesterol numbers just didn't come down enough.I tried for 2 years tring supplements,diet and exercise.I'll ask my Kasier doctor if they would do the very specific cholesterol test,but I already know they won't do that test,I've asked for a D3 blood test and he would not write me a prescript for that to be checked.I'll definitely want to get me liver function test done. Thanks again, DFEE
So sorry, and I hope that everything works out ok for you.
Ask for a creatine test-as it usually shows dead body cells- etc. Tell your doctor that you believe that you have statin toxicity and you want every test for that-including muscle biopsies- put the pressure on him- this site has a link to complain to the FDA-use it- the more we speak up- maybe they'll stop watering down the warnings for side effects. My doctor was going to do liver tests every 3 months- but I was peeing black before we got that far.