Statins

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Colette

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What is people's experience of taking statins and has any formal research being done on ME and statins, The side effect list look like they may worsen many of our existing symptoms.
 
I was on rosuvastatin (10mg) for years with no noticeable side effects up until just recently when I had a minor elevation in ALT, whereupon my GP recommended discontinuing, and my subsequent hepatic panel was back within normal range. I actually had a small hope that maybe the drug was contributing to my fatigue and muscle aches and so forth, but I have seen absolutely zero change in my symptoms since I stopped, so I am pretty confident the drug wasn't an issue for me as far as ME/CFS is concerned.
 
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I’m just getting started last month on Atorvastatin. Normal starting dose my GP usually prescribes is 20mg. because fatigue and muscle pain are common side effects I raised this with them and they agreed to prescribe 10mg instead and see if this works ok when I have a blood test to monitor cholesterol in January/February. So far after 4 weeks no noticeable effect on ME symptoms.
 
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