HI I AM A 56 YEAR OLD WOMAN AND HAVE BEEN ON LIPITOR FOR 4 YEARS ...

HI I AM A 56 YEAR OLD WOMAN AND HAVE BEEN ON LIPITOR FOR 4 YEARS NOW,AT FIRST ALL SEEMED WELL THEN 2 YEARS AGO I WAS SENT TO HOSPITAL WITH BURNING PAIN IN MY GROIN AND STOMACH AREA,I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DIVERTICOLITAS,THEN IN JANUARY THIS YEAR I HAD TROUBLE BREATHING OUT AND AGAIN WAS SENT TO HOSPITAL, NOTHING WAS FOUND OTHER THAN AN ANGRY RED LUMP UNDER MY ARM WHICH TOOK MONTHS TO GO I SUFFER FROM SEVERE LEG CRAMPS AND PAINS IN THE LEFT SIDE OF MY RIBS,,MAKING SLEEPING DIFFICULTI WENT TO SEE MY DOCTOR ON FRIDAY AND TOLD HIM I SUSPECTED LIPITOR WAS TO BLAME AND HE DID SOME BLOOD TESTS, WELL YESTERDAY I WAS BACK WITH A SUSPECTED TRAPPED NERVE AND HIS FIRST WORDS TO ME WERE! HAVE YOU STOPPEDTHE LIPITOR THEN ,WHEN I SAID YES HE SAID !YOUR LEVELS ARE OK ANYWAY SO PLEASE THINK TWICE ABOUT STATINS I CLASS MYSELF AS GENERALLY HEALTHY DONT SMOKE HARDLY EVER DRINK ALCOHOL BUT LIPITOR HAS GIVE ME SOME BAD TIMES , BRENDA