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Old 11th February 2019, 18:05   #21
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I've been on Atorvastatin for the last 19 years. I had no problems to begin with but for the last two to three years I've been suffering from muscle pain, mainly in my thighs and upper arms. I put it down to getting older but reading this thread got me wondering, so I looked at the Patient Information Leaflet and discovered that in recent years I've also had several of the other listed side effects (ringing in the ears, back pain, tingling fingers etc). I've booked a doctor's appointment for this Wednesday evening in the hope that I'll be prescribed an alternative medicine that will at least lessen the symptoms if not eradicate them altogether - assuming it's the Atorvastatin that's causing the issues in the first place.

I seem to only get telephone appointments now and in regards to the Atovastatin, it was the head of the practice who rang me. He said stop taking it for a month, to see if that cures the cramp and trembling feeling. It did, instantly - it was obvious the first day I didn't take them, tremor feeling went and no more cramps.
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