New on statins and experiencing a new muscle pain I Que quads about 2 inches from knee cap. I’m going to try to get a PCSK9 prescription, but might have to jump a few hoops with the insurance. Does anybody have the same issue?, Any mitigating therapy?

These are probably true, true, and unrelated. Statin-associated myalgias range somewhere from exceedingly rare to non-existent (there is far too much literature and debate on this to provide references). It founds like you either have IT band tightness or patellofemoral pain syndrome. That said, wh…

Spoken like a fellow primary care clinician?

[image] The_Conductor: It founds like you either have IT band tightness or patellofemoral pain syndrome. No No No

[image] broshaughnessy: Spoken like a fellow primary care clinician? Guilty as charged, depending on the week.

[image] oldandfast: Any mitigating therapy? @oldandfast Try a whole food plant based diet and take AMLA and drop the drugs. I have been mostly plant based for 5 years and added AMLA and also Brazil nuts once a month starting last year and don’t take statins. My numbers dropped considerably …

[image] JSampson: Depending on your current diet Diet has been optimized to the max. I’m only taking 2.5mg of Rosuvastatin

[image] The_Conductor: I am often asked about when we’ll have “miracle drugs.” We have them, and they are called statins. Statins reduce the chance of cardiovascular disease (define as fatal or nonfatal myocardial infarction, acute coronary syndrome, sudden cardiac death, coronary artery revascu…

[image] The_Conductor: symmetric pattern that takes week to months to develop. Not a focal, unilateral discomfort. Interesting. The first symptom I had after a big ride was pain in the back of the knee area, one day left leg, next day right leg. I’ve been taking statins since October, so you…

[image] The_Conductor: When I counsel patients on statin-associated muscle symptoms I feel bad for these poor souls. Seriously.

Does anybody here suffer from muscle pain caused by statins?

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Speak to your cardiologist about supplementing with up to 400 mg of Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) to stop the muscle pain as a result of statins.

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Does anybody here suffer from muscle pain caused by statins?

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