Not you, but me... making the same mistake twice.

I quit taking atorvastatine and was very happy for a while but my doctor wanted me to take a different statin.
First i didn't wanted to take these pills but after a while i agreed.
Fear has taken over and so agreed to take these other pills.

I founding myself again, depressed, lot of pain on my muscles and so on.
I quit again, this time its simvastatine.

Will someone slap me the next time when i make such a dumb mistake again.

Twin61

Don't think we have to do it , your own body will slap you hard enough if you try it again .

I agree, you body will object LOUDLY!

I was smart enough to refuse the second one offered to me. I may keel over tomorrow of a heart attack but at lest I would have enjoyed my life and remembered my kids names til the end!

Twin61, you are not stupid. We trust our doctors to know right from wrong. Unfortunately, they are only humans who are subject to all of our human failures like the rest of us. We need to educate our doctors that statin drugs are, in to many patients, a poison.

Unfortunetly a lot of doctors blindly follow whatever their local drug rep tells them and how much free product they can stick in his back room .

And in the UK most follow what our GOVERNMENT tell them since they are financially rewarded for conforming,

Brian.

In my country its normal to give statins when you had a heart disease but even so for " just in case you ever might have or develop one".

I quit all this stuff, no statins for me.
Only have a combination of fish oil and garlic now.

But i could use some advice for a substitute for statins preferable natural

Recently, my doctor gave me a backhanded apology for having put me on a statin drug. Of course, that was after I had been on Lovastatin for 13 months and had developed severe leg muscle pain. He told me I may be having a reaction to the statin drug and took me off the statin drug. He told me that doctors have to walk a very fine line when it comes to prescribing drugs. If a patient has test results above what is considered normal the doctor must prescribe the appropriate drug because he may be sued for malpractice. Was that a backhended apology?

twin61: There have been some interesting results with Krill Oil. Do a SEARCH on that term in the FORUM and you will find more info.

Best,

Brooks