Re: Statin Muscle Pain - Heart & Diaphragm Are Muscles

In article <CHXze.31605$up5.2491@lakeread02>, "jay1000"
<jfschonSpamguarD@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Have there been any reports of heart or respiratory (diaphragm) pain
> triggered by statins? They are both muscles and probably not exempt from
> the same statin mechanism causing muscle pain in the arms and legs.
>
> The reason I ask is because after 5+ uneventful years on 10 mg of Lipitor my
> doctor doubled the dose to 20 mg. His target for me was the new high risk
> LDL guideline of 70. It worked, but after a couple of months I started
> developing severe bilateral thigh and bicep pains. Also a strange breathing
> sensation...not a pain and not out-of-breath but more like a feeling of
> being out-of-breath. Chest X-ray, spirometry and stress test are
> essentially OK.
>
> Doctor had me discontinue Lipitor and after 3 weeks all the muscle pain is
> gone and the strange breathing sensation is improving but not gone.
>
> If the respiratory culprit can be Lipitor, I'll wait a little before any
> more pulmonary tests.

Your doctor made a poor decision when he doubled your dose to 20 mg. Dr.
Cohen (in his book) clearly states that higher doses of statins are more
likely to cause side effects than low doses of statins. Your doctor made a
great decision when he told you to discontinue statins. You need to read
the following book before you even consider going back on statins.
WHAT YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT STATIN DRUGS AND THEIR NATURURAL ALTERNATIVES by
Jay. S. Cohen, M.D.

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