My DH was on statins it nearly destroyed our lives and I am not being dramatic, we had fallen in love with a house which was in a more remote location we don't drive but it was a short walk to the nearest town and being fit and healthy we decided to make the move - this was 11 years ago, at the same time as we found the house DH was put on statins 'as a precaution' he started having trouble walking and by the time we moved in February he needed two sticks to walk and his GP didn't know why. So there we were in an area with 1 bus an hour and none on Sunday, he worked from home but on our days off we couldn't go anywhere and it started to affect our marriage, it was only when I read the side effects I realised it could be the statins, he came off them and within a month could walk without pain, now at age 72 he manages 2 charity shops and even though he has problems with his knees he can still walk better than he could when he was on the statins, there are many 'articles' concerning these side effects, with many experts telling us statins don't cause muscle problems, His GP wanted him back on them when he found out even sending him to a lipo specialist, but he wont be taking them again