Muscle "pulls" due to statin?

It's not something I have ever seen in all my readings, whether medical journals or anecdotal posts sharing experiences across several forums. Muscle aches, yes, but never any injury that would show up on an MRI.

How old are you? These kinds of things start happening the older you get. I'm a runner, and once I hit 50, aches and pains were a lot more common. I'm 65 now, and it certainly hasn't gotten any better.

I am 71 and fit, considering I have had a knee and hip replacement in the last year. I was a runner and triathelete back in the day but had to quit due to a bad football knee. Before I quit running I would occassionally pull a calf muscle whilst running. Also similar to this, when well into a run and well warmed up. Those are a real PITA to heal, too.

After giving up running I turned to cycling in a big way and that tends to strengthen quads more than hamstrings. That imbalance can allow quads to overpower the hamstrings... but walking?? IDK. When this heals I'll spend some time on hamstring specific strength and stretching. If it ever heals.

Have you had your lumbar spine checked
I too get hamstring pulls
And I have severe lumbar stenosis??
Vicki

Please keep us posted if you do figure out the root cause. Also consider asking your doctor of you can check your Vitamin D and make sure you are hydrated.

Not sure about the root cause, but after a week on CoQ10 my leg seems to be healed. I did a 1 3/4 mile walk today at near normal pace. Not pushing it, but pain free and no twinges. I am not ready to make the direct cause and effect connection to the CoQ10, however. I am an engineer and don't give much credibilty to anecdotal evidence, even my own. But so far so good, and I plan to stay on the stuff for a couple of years and see if I can avoid recurrence. Then maybe I'll start to believe.

I started to take Pitavastatin 1mg and after taking it fir 1 month, I started to feel stabbing pain on my calf muscles, ankles and inner thighs. Then the pain went to the bottom of my feet. I am a 72 yrs old active lady. I walk one hour 5 days a week on a treadmill, follow very strictly the Mediterranean diet and all my lipids are normal. The cardiologist told me that since my Lipoprotein A is 267 I should be on a statin. My mom had 3 Coronary bypasses and she was never put on a statin. My dad had heart disease & never took z statin. Both probably had very high Lipoprotein A but their physician never gave mention statins. Both passed at their late 90’s.
Today I said No More Statins for me. The pain is so bad in my legs that my quality of life went down. I wrote a message to my cardiologist telling him I will not take it. I will see if these symptoms go away. It is not a good feeling believe me.

Try Qunol CoQ10, works for me, my family, and friends.

I failed every statin I tried - with the severe stabbing pain you describe plus muscle spasms. My PCP really wanted me to take something, and referred me to a cardiologist, recommended Repatha and got me an exception with my insurance company.

This turned out to be a good thing, because a few weeks later I was diagnosed with a previously unknown heart blockage! Now I take Repatha and 2 other meds to keep it from getting worse, and will hopefully avoid stents or other surgical intervention.

Might you be interested in asking your doc about it?

Hello I cannot take statins. Muscle weakness, esp. in my legs. I tried several. Same symptoms. Will not take again.