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@katydid77. I have tried many statins. Many years ago, Simvastatin was the first one, couldn't tolerate it, changed to prevastatin for a while eventually my GP let me go off it. Simvastatin has the most side effects. Now I tried pravastatin, still not good. Then my cardiologist put me on a new statin, even worse. The last statin was Crestor. Both my Neurologist and my GP's wife were on it, so i gave it a try, only 5 mg, the lowest dosage. My lipid test were great but pain still there. Finally my cardiologist is taking me off that too, so I'll wait a few weeks to see if that med is causing the pain. If not, he's going to put me back on prevastatin which he said has the least side effects. It's a waiting game. I'm getting pretty frustrated.
What dosage are you taking?

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I am taking 5mg once daily. I am disappointed the outlook is not better. My pain can be tolerated at this level but the question is —will it continue to get worse?

I would be interested to know if your pain has improved. I discontinued the Crestor about a week ago and cannot tell there is any improvement yet.