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When I started taking Zocor a few months ago I also had added aqu...

Posted at 2:23 PM on Jun 14, 2007 by gg4262, #21797
When I started taking Zocor a few months ago I also had added aqua jogging to my exercise routine and I thought that the tiredness, fatique, muscle aches and the swelling in my knee were from exercising. I thought it was strange the my body never adjusted to it because it should have become easier with practice. At that time I was also walking 3 miles a day. About two months ago the doctor increased my dosage. The pain in my legs became unbearable. I tried walking and it was difficult when starting out and became increasingly harder until I started feeling light headed and just couldn't go any further. I have also been experiencing blurred vision and pain in my shoulders and I thought that was from aqua jogging. I called my pharmacist to see if I was taking anything that could be causing those symtoms. Immediately he said it was the Zocor. My doctor doesn't agree. He has since diagnosed me with diabetes but my meter has never shown and readings that would indicate high blood sugar and he has ordered ultra sounds on my legs that showed nothing. Where does one go to get help with this problem? I have missed so much time from work that I have gotten a "warning". Also, I am registered to go back to school in the fall and I am afraid I may not make it if I am not feeling better by then.
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Reply over 2 years ago on Jun 16, 2007 by lemfas, #445

Your pharmacist is correct. Don't listen to the doc. I just went through the same thing with my father. My father had severe pain from lipitor in his arm and shoulder that started about 10 days after starting Lipitor (another statin like Zocor. Described it as someone was trying to cut his arm off. The the doctors said maybe he broke his arm. Never admitted it was lipitor. I had my father stop the Lipitor based on all the info I read. Especially on http://www.spacedoc.net/. Get off the zocor and don't try the other statins either. They all work the same. Take CoQ10, 500-1000mg a day until the pain is gone. It really helps. Statins eliminate the CoQ10 from your body (CoQ10 is essential for cellular function throughout your body) and that is one of the main causes of the pain. My father got immediate relief from the constant pain when he took 300mg of CoQ10 and then had to take it again a few hours later when the pain returned. Did this for a few days until it was gone. Good luck.

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