Simvastatin Mobility Scooter, Cholestrol, Face Value, Good Luck, Thesis

Posted over a year ago

I have been on 40mg of Simvastatin for over a year. I noticed sporadically severe pains in the front of my foot. This would wake me in the middle of the night. Since then I have a terrible, unbelievable pain in the upper front thighs. It feels like a ... more »

I have been on 40mg of Simvastatin for over a year. I noticed sporadically severe pains in the front of my foot. This would wake me in the middle of the night. Since then I have a terrible, unbelievable pain in the upper front thighs. It feels like a burning rod in being pushed up and down my thighs. I cannot even get out of bed and stand on my legs, it hurts too much. Last time I had this I fainted from the pain. Luckily my husband was with me. My doctor ordered me to reduce the mg to 20mg daily. I afraid to go to bed at night. After 4 children and other medical surgeries this is the worst pain I have every experienced. Anyone else have this side effect? Please advise...

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Oldcarpetcleaner - I and many others have been through exactly or very similar to what you describe. Educate yourself at spacedoc dot net. Forget the whole cholestrol fraud thesis, trust in yourself and never ever trust a doctor at face value again. A friend in her 70s needed a mobility scooter because her legs wouldn't hold her up, 3 months after ceasing statins she sold her scooter, others unfortunately can take years to recover. Hopefully you will recover quickly. Good luck to you from NZ.

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Propsguy - forget what your doctor ordered- reduce it to 0 mgs a day

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Geneva65 - Me too! Thought I was heading for a wheelchair. Was on Simvastatin 40 g for nearly a year but past several months, the pains in my legs and top of my feet made it unbearable to sleep and could hardly walk. My doctor is on vacation, so I took it upon myself to stop taking the Simvastatin and withing four days, no more pain. Will tell him when he returns. No more going from 65 to 98 years old in a matter of months!!!!! My whole lifestyle was becoming vegetative. Stay off that crap!!

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Oldcarpetcleaner - Crap is to nicer word for describing statins, but it surely describes the asses that make and prescribe it.

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Curly1 - I have been on simvastatin for a few years and had a kidney transplant last year. I thought every thing was going great until i started getting cramp and pins&needles in my feet then my hands and arms started to to get pains, the pain was getting worse until it became permanant and i could not get any sleep. Had a bit of luck when i mentioned it to a friend who is a retired nurse they had the same pains as me but told me about the sims that i was taken. I started to look on the internet and was shocked that other people had the exact same pains i have seen my renal doctor and i am off them now but only 2 days so far .

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