@jlharsh Not exactly ..but I think it was a medium range dose...definitely not the highest. A few years later I met a doc who persuaded me to try other statins and/or statin combos. The side effects were mostly the same although I tolerated the hydrophilic statins slightly better ( Crestor) . I gave up on them. IN the interim I ran about a dozen marathons, 20+ halves and a few century rides. I could not have done any of that on statins.
In 2021 I went on a PCS-K9 inhibitor..Repatha. Got my ldl-c down to 70 but during that period my cac score doubled and I acquired high blood pressure....a known side effect of the drug. In mid-2024 I got pneumonia as a result of an upper respiratory tract infection. Initially I thought it was just a random event but after having several more over the next few years it dawned on me that Repatha was playing a role. It is a listed side-effect of the drug. I stopped the drug and slowly recovered and my blood pressure also went back to normal. It seems there is no free lunch with any of these drugs.