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How long do side effects from statins last once you stop taking them?
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@roderick1009
Can you change cardiologist? I have changed providers when I did not think I was getting the care and information I needed.
Did your cardiologist put you on Co-Q-10 when he/she prescribed Atorvastin? It is known to cause muscle pain. Co-Q-10 is known to helped with that pain. It seems the statin drugs somehow affect the level of Co-Q-10 (comes from my heart failure doctor).
I am not familiar nor have taken Ezetimbe. Is that brand or generic? What was purpose? Have you looked up the side affects of Ezetimbe? If you look up statin you will see the mention of muscle pain. This usually goes away for many like me when taking Co-Q-10 but takes a while.
The mental stress of your anxiety is surely not going to help. I would seek to get a second opinion or see different cardiologist. Do you have access to a major medical facility that you could drive to? I used to drive 4 hours each way to go to Mayo Jacksonville as did not think my local cardioloigist had the expereince and skills for my medical conditions.
I now live 20 minutes away from Mayo.
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@jc76 The Ezetimbe is another Cholesterol medication, but i think that's the cause of my lower back burning when i stood up for more than 5 minutes or walked anywhere. And yes i am seeing a Eternal medicine doctor now, he prescribed me the CoQ10 I've take for only 4 days now. I feel like my tendons in my knees and Archilles are not as painful but my legs and back are still burning and tired i have to still rest them and walk in short distances. So the Tendons are a positive for me so far. You know I just cant believe these doctors these days and how they ignore you and dent that something so life altering and painful.. that they just act like its nothing at all... and the funny think is i did 3 cholesterol checks and the family doctor and the eternal medicine doctor said my cholesterol was fine, but this heart doctor said no you need to be on these .. nothing about changing my diet or exorcising more, just take two of these 2 times a day and be bed ridden the rest of your life.
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@jc76 Ezetimibe is a common cholesterol medication. The brand name is Zetia. It lowers LDL in a different way than a statin. Adding ezetimibe to a statin can reduce LDL another 15 percent. In fact, you get a better effect adding ezetimibe than you do by doubling the statin dose.