Re: Membership comment from newest member.

Posted July 29, 2006 · July 29, 2006

To any newbies on the list:

For those wondering if indeed there is enough proof to stop taking statin drugs I just ask that you go back and read through the archives.........every one of us has a story and lumped together is pretty convincing that indeed something is going on with these statins.

I'm 71 and was on lipitor for three years .......experienced muscle cramps.....problems with my memory.....severe depression.........would lose words in mid-sentence.......the list could go on and on. Eventually I became a somewhat invalid no longer to walk to the corner without severe leg pain..had to stop exercising totally ...I felt like I had the flu with aches all over...........I felt like I had aged 100 years and was not the same person. Personality changed and I became a major grouch. Eventually I was able to convince my dr to take me off or I was just going to quit taking it............all his employes (nurses etc) told me they hear the major complaint as side effects from statin drugs as the reason they are there......................

I was convinced to switch to zocor and did for awhile but only got bad again.........so I didn't wait.......I took myself off and told him NO MORE statins..........he agreed and put me on zetia.............I have now taken myself off of that and take fish oil and eat pretty good.................but I am one of those who believes there are other issues bigger than the level of my cholestrol.

It has taken me many months to get back some of my energy and feel my leg aches are indeed somewhat better but not gone .......somehow I don't believe I will ever get back to the way I used to be................

Carol/Atlanta

Posted July 29, 2006 · July 29, 2006

To any newbies on the list:

For those wondering if indeed there is enough proof to stop taking statin drugs I just ask that you go back and read through the archives.........every one of us has a story and lumped together is pretty convincing that indeed something is going on with these statins.

I'm 71 and was on lipitor for three years .......experienced muscle cramps.....problems with my memory.....severe depression.........would lose words in mid-sentence.......the list could go on and on. Eventually I became a somewhat invalid no longer to walk to the corner without severe leg pain..had to stop exercising totally ...I felt like I had the flu with aches all over...........I felt like I had aged 100 years and was not the same person. Personality changed and I became a major grouch. Eventually I was able to convince my dr to take me off or I was just going to quit taking it............all his employes (nurses etc) told me they hear the major complaint as side effects from statin drugs as the reason they are there......................

I was convinced to switch to zocor and did for awhile but only got bad again.........so I didn't wait.......I took myself off and told him NO MORE statins..........he agreed and put me on zetia.............I have now taken myself off of that and take fish oil and eat pretty good.................but I am one of those who believes there are other issues bigger than the level of my cholestrol.

It has taken me many months to get back some of my energy and feel my leg aches are indeed somewhat better but not gone .......somehow I don't believe I will ever get back to the way I used to be................

Carol/Atlanta

Posted July 29, 2006 · July 29, 2006

Fist of all, to the new member , Welcome to the group.

I agree with Carol, look through the groups archives. You should

also go to Dr. Graveline's site; Spacedoc.net, he has a huge amount

of information, about a web page per side effect. There is also a

discussion board similar to this group

My mother had some of the same problems as your ex-husband with

Zocor, she didn't have memory impairment. She thought that she

had arthritis and was taking two doses of Bextra and four doses of

extra strength Tylenol per day in order function. Lets look at

this, taking a drug to prevent heart attacks and covering up it's

side effects with one known to give heart attacks, makes a lot of

sense doesn't it. All of her symptoms cleared up after she stopped

Zocor. Her Doc was not happy and put her on other statins. They

all work the same and all have the same side effects. I jokingly

tell my friends that Crestor is the best; it took Zocor two years to

bring on the pain and agony, lipitor two weeks to make the pain

return, but Crestor did the job in 4 days. Her Doc finally shut up

after she told him that life required some quality. It appears to

me that there are a lot of other people covering the side effects of

these drugs with pain meds.

As you research the Statin Drugs and their side effects, you will

run across some Quacks preaching cholesterol is not the problem with

heart disease, after a while you will begin to realize that these

people aren't all that wrong. I think that the medical profession

has returned using leaches; the only difference is that today the

leach is attached to our bank accounts.

Gayle

>

> To any newbies on the list:

>

> For those wondering if indeed there is enough proof to stop taking

statin

> drugs I just ask that you go back and read through the

archives.........every

> one of us has a story and lumped together is pretty convincing

that indeed

> something is going on with these statins.

>

> I'm 71 and was on lipitor for three years .......experienced

muscle

> cramps.....problems with my memory.....severe

depression.........would lose words in

> mid-sentence.......the list could go on and on. Eventually I

became a

> somewhat invalid no longer to walk to the corner without severe

leg pain..had to

> stop exercising totally ...I felt like I had the flu with aches

all

> over...........I felt like I had aged 100 years and was not the

same person.

> Personality changed and I became a major grouch. Eventually I

was able to convince my

> dr to take me off or I was just going to quit taking

it............all his

> employes (nurses etc) told me they hear the major complaint as

side effects

> from statin drugs as the reason they are

there......................

>

> I was convinced to switch to zocor and did for awhile but only got

bad

> again.........so I didn't wait.......I took myself off and told

him NO MORE

> statins..........he agreed and put me on zetia.............I have

now taken myself

> off of that and take fish oil and eat pretty

good.................but I am

> one of those who believes there are other issues bigger than the

level of my

> cholestrol.

>

> It has taken me many months to get back some of my energy and feel

my leg

> aches are indeed somewhat better but not gone .......somehow I

don't believe I

> will ever get back to the way I used to be................

>

> Carol/Atlanta

>

Posted July 29, 2006 · July 29, 2006