Debacle symptoms and conditions

I started using lipitor from my doctor, it lowered my cholesterol all around but I started to have lower back pains. At first I thought it might be prostate cancer, but after having to MRI's done they found no cancer, thank god. But I went to an orthopedic surgeon to see what the problem was. He looked at the mri's and saw lower dics hitting my nerve endings. He also thought that it might be muscle problems so he gave me 3 epidurals and that helped for a while took away about 50% of my pain, but I still have the pain, It is hard for me to get comfortable when I sit or even when I am sleeping. I don't want to think that it is the lipitor that is doing it to me but after talking with others I feel it is time to talk to my doctor about it. My doctor said that lipitor is the safest one that will do very little harm to my liver. I am not a doctor so I would not know.. My cholesterol level was 246 at one time now it is 175. I am now facing possible spine fusion to help correct my disc problem. But will also ask doctor to prescribe something else.

Alan

PLEASE email dr. Golomb at UCSD about your symptoms. She is conducting a study on self reported side effects from statins. with all of us reporting the myraid of symptoms we have suffered included in the study, maybe the scientific community will be forced to do something about this debacle. like study how statins damage the body and what to do to repair the damage. her email address:

bgolomb@ucsd.edu

thanks, m

PLEASE email dr. Golomb at UCSD about your symptoms. She is conducting a study on self reported side effects from statins. with all of us reporting the myraid of symptoms we have suffered included in the study, maybe the scientific community will be forced to do something about this debacle. like study how statins damage the body and what to do to repair the damage. her email address:

bgolomb@ucsd.edu

thanks, m