What Doctors Don't Tell YouHeart failure is epidemic in the UK and US, and so is statin use. Millions of patients are taking statins, which are increasingly more potent and enthusiastically prescribed in ever-higher dosages.
Statins (HMG-CoA-reductase inhibitors) are known to cause a form of muscle pain and weakness, liver abnormalities and, in severe cases, rhabdomyolysis, a muscle condition that can lead to kidney failure.
My name is Mick. I am 50 years old and, for the past 10 years, I’ve been taking 20 mg of simvastatin per day to bring down my cholesterol - it was 9.5.
Statins, commonly used to treat high cholesterol levels, may also cause symptoms of muscle tenderness and weakness.
A high cholesterol count will almost certainly send you down the road of a lifelong prescription of statins and a criminally low-fat diet.
Following the shock early last year of my husband being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, I visited my local private clinic for health screening. I am 56 years old, and had been suffering with fatigue,
