@mayofeb2020 I wish I had a dollar for every person I have heard of with leg cramps from statins - going all the way back to my Dad over 20 years ago...
I have "borderline" cholesterol, but good HDL and low body weight, family history of heart disease, stroke... tried one statin over 10 years ago and got leg pain - ironically at the same time as my Mom and her sister - we all stopped them and I will never go back. By the way, both women died well into their 80's of causes completely unrelated to stroke, which was the reason for them starting. I keep listening and reading, and I'm still not convinced the side effects are worth it, so I eat healthy and exercise. (By the way, this refusal comes from someone who endured a year and a half of gruesome antibiotice regime for mycobacteria pneumonia, and has rehabbed from a dozen orthopedic surgeries for arthritis, so I don't think I'm a wimp...)

You were asking what to do - have you considered consulting another cardiologist? Maybe one who is open to alternative therapies?

Sue