statin drugs

gotts1936 · Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 242 Location: mcminnville,OR

Can Muscle Atrophy due to statin drugs be repaired?

Ray Holder · Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:19 pm Post subject:

Hi Gotts
You will need to take some supplements to help repair muscle atrophy. you will Q10 in any event, but L Carnitine is a permanent necessity for me to keep muscle wastage at bay. It brought my much wasted quadriceps back to size in a few weeks, and maintains it there.

There are many posts on the subject, Muscle pains and statins is a good place to start, then Relief for my leg muscle pain by Darrell in April 2006. If any problem, please post again, it is getting a bit late for me at the moment.

Ray

gedunk · Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 12

Goodness. I've only been on this forum a few days, and the amount I have learned is frightening!

I was on Statins on 2 1/2 years, and I now consider my self lucky to have taken myself off so quickly.

This thread explains why I was beginnig to have the "aches" a lot. I was starting to feel like I was coming down with the flu a lot - the muscle aches that accompany that.

I've been off statins for 2 weeks now, and the aches have almost disappeared for me.

cjbrooksjc · Joined: 13 Dec 2006 Posts: 1136 Location: Fort Worth, Texas

gedunk: (I assume that's a military handle) Flu-like symptoms is common (without fever). Good you got to the forum this fast.

Brooks

gotts1936 · Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 242 Location: mcminnville,OR

Ray, thanks for the info. After being off lovastatin for seven months, my leg muscles no longer ache when I am sitting down, but I have pain when I try to get up from the chair and when I am walking. Looks like its permanent muscle damage. I have been taking COQ10, 400mg aday and just started taking 250mg of L-Carnitine. Hoping for some relief when I walk. Again, thanks.

Gotts

cjbrooksjc · Joined: 13 Dec 2006 Posts: 1136 Location: Fort Worth, Texas

gotts: From your dosage description you may be able to increase your intake of both CoQ10 AND L-Carnitine and improve your recovery time. My condition is nowhere as severe as Ray's but I take a daily TOTAL of 600 to 900 Mg of CoQ10 now and around 1500 Mg of L-carnitine and Acetyl L-carnitine combined (1000 LC and 500 ALC) divided into three doses during the day. It keeps the cramps at bay, gives me more stamina, and helps me recover my muscle tone. I can't remember what Ray's intake is.

Headache is a sign you are taking too much CoQ10 and intestinal complaints a sign you are taking to much carnitine. It's different, it seems, for everyone, but your dosage MAY be a bit low. Also, CoQ10 can lower your BP by improving your heart function, especially if you are taking BP meds now; you should monitor that. In my experience, since we have no professional guidance as to dosage and side effect, you simply have to let your body tell you what to do.

Regards,

Brooks

gotts1936 · Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 242 Location: mcminnville,OR

cjbrooksjc, I will increase my COQ10 and L-Carnitine, also I will get some Actyl-L-Carnitine. Thank you for your help.

gedunk · Joined: 12 Feb 2008 Posts: 12

[quote="cjbrooksjc"]gedunk: (I assume that's a military handle) Flu-like symptoms is common (without fever). Good you got to the forum this fast.

Brooks[/quote]

Yeah, gedunk is Navy slang for a vending machine. I have have no idea of where it came from though. Some swab teaching a Sattelite Communication School in San Diego (25 years ago) gave me that little tidbit. Laughing

Darrell · Joined: 07 Dec 2005 Posts: 341 Location: USA

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