Hi! So sorry to hear about your new diagnosis. My understanding of repatha is the it uncommonly can cause joint pain but not osteoarthritis which is a specific type of joint pain due to breakdown of cartilage around a specific joint.

I don’t know a lot about repatha as far as efficacy in treating high cholesterol, can only assume it’s a “big gun” because it’s an injectable medicine which in your case insurance is paying for. So I speculate that your cholesterol and cardiovascular risk factors are quite high.

I would get in touch with your prescribing physician asap and let them know you stopped it so they can substitute another medication for. Heart disease and stroke risk are nothing to play around with