Cholesterol Meds And Leg Pain

Leg cramps are a side effect of cholesterol medications.

Cholesterol meds and leg pain. However they are not known to be associated with worsening joint pain. But the new study finds that as cholesterol levels plunge the risk of nerve damage jumps. Lowering your dose may reduce some of your side effects but it may also reduce some of the cholesterol-lowering benefits your medication has.

Lipitor is a statin prescribed to lower cholesterol. I have always had muscle pain taking the meds and my doctor has changed the meds over the years. But we do know that there are various levels of muscle symptoms associated with statins.

Since osteoarthritis and high cholesterol and therefore statin use are both very common it is not surprising that sometimes the pain from OA will get worse or better while someone is taking statins. I have stopped taking Lipitor 20mg months ago but it has not stopped my leg pain. The active ingredient in Lipitor is atorvastatin in the form atorvastatin calcium trihydrate.

New Website Launched lipitor identification January 1st 2010. CoQ10 is really helpful for anyone not just people with diabetes who experiences leg cramps and muscle pain often the result of the drug-mugging effect of statin cholesterol medicines such as Advicor Pravachol Zocor Lipitor and Mevacor. Some 35 million Americans including many with diabetes are given statin drugs to cut cholesterol.

Some patients experience mild aches. Other patients may experience calf pain when walking that is very similar to intermittent claudication. How cholesterol drugs trigger nerve pain.

Muscle pain and weakness are recognized as common side effects of cholesterol-lowering drugs such as atorvastatin lovastatin pravastatin and simvastatin European Journal of Internal Medicine June 2012. This drug needs to be taken off the market. So they told him that his back issues are actually mild and the leg issues are probably from his cholesterol meds.