Pain and Weakness in Legs 2yrs After Stopping Simvastatin

Posted over a year ago

After heart attack in 2008 had stents.Dr prescribed 40 mg of simvastatin twice a day. suffered memory loss and pain all over but especially in my legs. After being off this drug and 2 attempts at other statins I still have some short term memory loss and weakness and pain in legs.I work a job that requires 8 hrs on feet and some lifting.I notice progressive weak feeling and pain in my legs. Have difficulty some days walking up stairs.Trying to exercise to strengthen legs but finding this difficult. When I have blood work they always tell me I have elevated muscle enzymes. Also unable to complete stress test on treadmill had to do chemical stress test at the Drs advice after witnessing my inability to do other. Im sick of It!! Will this end?

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Chadd - Considering all the terrible damage that statin drugs have inflicted on unsuspecting patients, I think it is criminal for Big Pharma and their medical puppets to keep pushing these dangerous drugs on the public. Contrary to all their anti-cholesterol marketing propaganda, cholesterol is not the cause of heart disease. Dr. Linus Pauling discovered almost 20 years ago that the real cause of cardiovascular disease is the lack of sufficient vitamin C necessary for the body to heal and repair damaged arteries. Cholesterol is actually essential for the health of every cell in the body. But statin drugs restrict the body's normal production of cholesterol, which can cause the degeneration of cell membranes of muscles and nerves, including the brain. Making matters worse, statin drugs also block the production of the essential nutrient CoQ10. For a better understanding of all of this, I would urge you to read these very informative articles at [link removed] and at [link removed] Other than to stop taking the statins, the best aids that I have read of to help recover from the damage is to take supplemenls of CoQ10, alpha lipoic acid, and omega-3 fish oil. Dr. Stephen Sinatra has an article at the website [link removed] in which he also recommends supplements of the amino acid l-carnitine. I would advise to get on the internet and try to learn everything you can about statin drug damage, including other message boards on the web. Good luck.