statins

Ask your GP- you may need your dose changing or a different prescription.

Or changing to a different brand, there are several.
My husband was experiencing the leg pains and also (as we realised after he'd been on the new ones a few weeks) he'd been feeling mildly depressed and his mood lifted.

Statins gave me heavy nosebleeds so I stopped taking them. My cholesterol level was 7. I started benecol drinks and plant sterols. I had my cholesterol checked last week and it was 5.6. Not ideal but better. I shall keep doing what I'm doing.

Does anyone have experience of sinus pain and sore throat after starting statins?

Susytish , I was taking statins as a precaution. First ones gave me heavy and painful legs and I developed a very nasty nerve pain in one foot. Went back to surgery and was prescribed a different statin, those gave me a very frightening sensation in my other foot! Kept waking in the night with my foot in a condition I can only describe as a combination of cramp and paralysis!!! I never expected any side effects . I am now taking
Ezetimibe , not a statin but does the same job . Been on them a few months now and so far so good! There is an alternative to statins! Do speak to
your GP and don't pull any punches. I took myself off both statins and made it very clear I was not taking any more. Make that appointment and good luck. I would be interested in how you get on.

If you haven't told your doctor, I think you need to. I have several friends who have experienced various issues, including facial nerve pain. I know the GP of one of them changed her prescription and she has been OK since then.

The nerve pain on my foot was bad!One day I could scarcely put my foot to the floor. After that I stopped taking them , waited a month to see if there was improvement - there was! I then went back to the surgery. It took another month for my foot to fully recover. I know so many people who are fine with statins , including my 2 siblings , so I was surprised at the side effects. I urge the OP to go back to the GP and ask for and alternative to a statin - there is one.
Ezetimibe may be more expensive that a statin so not given initially.

I also had problems with statins so the doctor prescribed Ezetimbe and I am fine.

both my O H and myself were on statins for years , tried different ones because of pain , brain fog, and eventually raised blood sugar. we both stopped them, blood sugar returned to normal, I told GP I'd never take any more...some people seem to be ok with them others are not.

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Exactly the same thing happened to me. I am now taking Ezetimibe and have had no side effects. I see Dragonfly46 has posted the same thing.

Please don't suffer; ask him to give you an alternative.