My doctor tried all that, too. Different ones, lower dose, every other day. It was always the same. I got sicker and sicker. No quality of life at all. And, each time I quit I had a recovery period, as much as two months. I’m starting to wonder if I have ever recovered. Someone posted on here that she had a friend that couldn’t take statins or Repatha and she was referred to a cardiologist that specializes in treating those that can’t take the drugs. My cardiologist is not a candidate, his statement to me was “I have nothing for you if you can’t take these drugs.” I asked him about a referral and he was non-responsive. I have an appointment with my internist on Wednesday for the sole purpose of digging into this and help finding someone to treat me without statins or Repatha. We have to be our own researchers. Doctors aren’t cooperative.

And, it doesn’t help that many people take statins without a problem so the doctors tend to think you’re a problem if you say you can’t take them. Downright don’t believe you. They are so stuck on that as the only show in town. The reason trials show some percentage with severe side effects, even heart attacks and death, is because SOME people can’t take them. Otherwise, it would be zero people have any side effects and that’s not the case. We are part of that percentage that does have unsustainable side effects.

Started 5mg on 1/24/25 and stopped on 2/28/25 suspecting it might be the cause of dizziness and mood swings, and severe heel pain. While I'd been struggling with tendon issues and plantar fascitis, this pain was unlike any I'd experienced. I need to go back on for a rechallenge, but I'm afraid to do so.