I'm worried about taking statins and side effects

#tim128 I am on the same abating after trial and error

I had problems with muscle pain on statins. Experimented with different statins and doses until I found one that worked--rosuvastatin--at a low dose (5 mg every other day). I also incorporate American Heart Association lifestyle guidelines, which are essential for heart health.

I regretfully started taking statins to reduce inflammation, which they have been shown to do, rather than address my high cholesterol. I asked my PCP numerous times to help me get off them because the daily side affects of aches in my leg muscles, knee and joint pain (particularly knees) and short term memory decline are worse than considering my dieing from a high cholesterol event sometime in the future -- which I'm not convinced would happen, frankly. He refused to even talk about it, so I have found a new doctor who focuses on nutrition and integrative medicine. I'm confident she will be more on my wave length regarding food as medicine; and I have implemented many lifestyle changes that should lower my cholesterol. However, she isn't taking new patients until August. I've been reluctant to quit them cold turkey; so my wonderful TCM functional medicine healer who identified and is treating my leaky gut is helping me get off them. I was interested in how my cholesterol numbers plummeted when I went on statins and went up again (not to the same heights) after being on the keto diet. My current, but soon to be former, PCP hates the keto diet and intermittent fasting...so we are definitely not on the same wave length.

@barbie. That's great

@mfv. Diet is important and exercise I tried to adhere to this diet for cholesterol but I couldn't my cholesterol is inherited from my Dad so have to take a staton Bit of you'd is,nt then the diet will work Talk to your Dr about this

Hmmmm... I will have to research this! Thank you!

No I haven’t yet. Statins really scare me though. The one I just stopped taking was causing muscle and joints to feel worse and had headaches like I never had before! Hoping for something other than statins.

Because of my various muscle and nerve problems I refuse to go on a statin. My doctor prescribed praluent injections and my cholesterol has dropped like a rock! I give myself injections every two weeks. No other side effects.

@mfv If like to become you also to connect I've had high cholesterol for along time till the Dr found the right statin for me since then I have had no muscle pain on my legs Have you tried different stations?

Here's some information you may find useful for your discussion with your doctor on cholesterol levels.

Top 5 lifestyle changes to improve your cholesterol: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/high-blood-cholesterol/in-depth/reduce-cholesterol/art-20045935