Knee braces symptoms and conditions

I am 54 male been on 20mg. Lisinopril for a year and a half. I started out have severe nasal drainage that never seem to stop , especially when I awake. I also have severe joint pain in my knees and legs , I believe since I have been on this Med. I use to walk 3 miles a day before I started this med. Now I feel like I am 95 years old and can't walk without a lot of pain and knee braces. I came tonight to see if anyone else had the same problem I have now. I am going to get my doctor to take me off this stuff to see if I can reclaim my health back.

I had a cough for awhile but it doesn't happen much now. People my Med used to be made in Israel but now its made in India. Since then my blood pressure has been too low and at times I take a half a pill to level it out.

I really believe this Med. is taking my health away and crippling me !

I was on Vytorin for about 3 years. Originally I was prescribed 40 mg and when my ldl didnt go down enough for the doctor. I was prescribed 80 mg a day about a year and a half ago. A bit of history....I had a heart attack at 33 years of age and at that time was given angioplasty. I am now 44 years old and have not had another attack. I have been having muscle pain for over year, although it feels more like my syatic sp? nerves in my lower back. My knees are so bad that I have been having to wear knee braces periodically and can no longer kneel without falling over in extreme pain. My muscles in my thighs have been deteriorating even though I have been working out with a personal trainer for over a year and my calves were getting huge to compensate. I also went to an eye dr. as I was having trouble reading and driving at night due to blurry vision. They said that I still had 20/20 vision and to start using very light reading glasses when reading and that should help. The last straw was when I was on vacation and had a terrible bout of paranoia. It was so bad that I can't even tell anyone what it was about. Another major effect that I have had over the years from any statin is the fact that my sexual urges are basically non existent.

Now for the good news!!!! In late April, after returning from my vacation, I decided that I wanted to see if the Vytorin/Simvastatin was giving me a majority of these symptoms and decided to quit cold turkey. Well 2 months later I can say that I feel about 90% better. I haven't had to use the reading glasses within 48 hours of stopping (I'm not even sure where they're at now). Within a week I noticed my libido returning and the paranoia completely gone. Within the last 2 weeks I have noticed my thigh muscles coming back and the muscles around my knees getting stronger. I am so thankful that I am returning back to normal!!

I will never, ever take another Statin again!!!!