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Hello @wishingtobepainfree and welcome to Mayo Connect. I'm pleased that you have joined this online patient support network. Thank you also for your post regarding muscle, joint pain. I'm sorry to hear that you are having this type of problem. While none of us are medical professionals and cannot diagnose your problem it might be helpful to learn a little more about your situation. You mention both pain and weakness. You said that it has been a few years and your doctor can find nothing wrong. Please feel free to share with us the type of doctor or specialist(s) that you have seen. What kinds of tests have been done to examine your muscles and joints? Do you have any other health problems or symptoms other than the muscle/joint pain and weakness? I'm sure that others in our Connect community will be responding to your post in the near future. Best wishes. Teresa
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Just in the last few days I stopped taking my chloresterol meds and with in two days my muscles and joints are feeling better..im still in lots of pain in back and legs but I waiting on call from mayo to do surgery I hope. My life has came to a halt becsuse of it
Also I found out mt vit D is realy low and testtestosterone level is low. But I am feeling better after stopping cholesterol meds
statins are horrible. So bad as all the people I know that were on them got off of them. they create serious muscle pain along with joint.
I had my vit d3 tested three years ago by a new doctor. My test resultscame back as NONE! Although it is by far one of the most important vitamins to you being healthy, with out it you will be open to many serious illness. NONE of my many doctors had checked it for whatever reason.
I started back then and still am on 10,000 units a day of vit d3. That is 70,000 a week. Im not recomending this for you ar all,just that most people get the wrong test and it sounds up fine. The doctor rechecked me each three months for a year. I feel better,my nails are better. I have more energy, my hair is thicker.
I suggest that everyone ask their primary care doctor to check this along with magnium level once a year.
agnium is what I had extremly low leverls in when all of a sudden I was taken by ambulance to the E.R at hospital. They gave me magnuium as I went into Afib.
I now take what Cleveland heart suggests on a u tube video, that is 400 mg a day to stay healthy for your heart and many other illnesses we get for lack of it. The blood test to chack this is RBC
You have to be careful ,as you need to get GLY-Cinate (might be spelled wrong) The GLY is because this is buffered as magnuium is know to cause loose bowels, cramping and upset stomach. But it has helped me a lot.
Some of this does not relate to your information above but I find it is very common to be low in both. Good Luck
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I just posted what i went through to find out . I found a genetic specialist can find problems like those described joint,muscle,fatique,pain,loss of weight ,pain moving around your body because of inflamation. I forgot to mention two things ,one i had no vit D at all . Genectic dr. Put me on 10,000 mg day, then that mast cell disease causes joint muscle pain also. Process of eliminating many foods. I also have that. But my pain is reduced drastically by not eating many foods and taking vit D . Not diagnoising but sharing experiences. Good luck