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Possible side effects
’” Dean describes simvastatin and muscle pain: “My horrible statin/muscle-destroying experience began with 40 mgs of simvastatin twice a day
Symptoms tend to start soon after you begin statin therapy
These common side effects of atorvastatin happen in more than 1 in 100 people
Muscle pain is the most common cause of Statin-associated joint pain, but it can also be caused by other factors such as fluorquinolone antibiotics, statins, and aromatase inhibitors
The main way it works is by blocking an enzyme (protein) in your liver that makes cholesterol
The pain may come and go, or it may be constant
Some estimate the incidence to be as high as 25% , but simvastatin’s clinical trials suggest the number may be closer to 4%
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Previous reports that statins are a major cause of muscle pain are likely to have been the result of methodological problems in the studies giving rise to those reports