Myopathies symptoms and conditions

I have muscle pain, weakness, and chronic lower back pain. Started statin drug, Simvastatin, on 11/21/07. I take no other drugs. Within two weeks, I could not sit without severe lower back pain. Reported problem to family medical doctor on 1/11/08. M.D. sent me to physical therapy for 8 sessions. No relief from physical therapy so I requested an X-ray on 3/20/08. X-ray shows very mild degeneration at one lower vertebrae. M.D. sent me to an orthopaedics doctor who recommended continued physical therapy. Went to a Chiropractor instead. After six chiropractic sessions with little relief, I made an appointment with an Osteopathic doctor. My M.D. sent me to a rheumatologist who prescribed high dose naproxen for two weeks. The rheumatologist ordered and X-ray of my lower back area. The lower back X-ray produced no negatives. The rheumatologist's next step will be to order and MRI of my lower back area. The D.O. suspects statin induced myopathy and because of hyper reflexes he ordered an MRI of my brain and cervical spine. I am now recommended to a neurologist who specializes in the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Am I getting the run around? Only one doctor said I might have statin induced myopathy. The rest will not even mention the statin drug theory. I just pray for ache and pain relief. I have some improvement after four months off of the statin which I believe is quite a strong point that it was the statin drug and not some unknown condition. I don't think arthritis or MS conditions improve. All I know is that I had no health issues before taking the simvastatin. Good luck to everyone who has or is taking a statin drug. BEWARE!!!

i am 42, have been on simvastatin for 2.5 years, for the last 6 months, have been having really bad leg pains, outer thigh, feels like its burning, tummy troubles, but now i have looked at this site, i feel it must be the statins.am on some many other tablets, and i am always tired but thought this was the beta blockers......

I have been diagnosed with Dermatomyositis (muscle disease called inflammotaroy myopathies)....very painful and weak is my whole body...wherever there is a muscle< I was in pain. They tested for Lupus and still not out of woods on that one....but they are treating me for the other as the symtoms with the skin also......I have been taking Prednisone for 11 days now in doses of 20mg three x day...It has taken my extreme pain away at night as I was so inflammed my pressure areas of my body would not only be in pain but numb....my body is very weak underlying complaint and unable to walk a great deal, but must keep working on my job....so it has at least help me to keep going....One thing is my voice and my eating are altered as I can not swallow because of my muscles "giving up" when they become tired in my neck....So I must be careful what and how I eat......and I anwer phones all day at work and talk with residents in a Retirement Community here in Prescott AZ....and my speech is getting harder and harder to control at times....Weight gain....not yet as I am watching that I eat only "good" food that counts when I can eat it......I do not know if this is from the Prednisone or from the disease I have....I have heard conflicting answers. If anyone could let me know, I would listen to another opionion.....God is good and He will provide strenghth and care for me.....have faith!