I'm a 47 year old male and have been on 20Mg Daily Lipitor for ab...

I have had 6 months of similar symptoms, suggestions have included hernia and adductor strain. A couple of weeks ago I was on haliday for a week and i forgot to take my lipitor. And the pain went away for the first time in 6 months. I have been on lipitor for 3 years. I started the medication again last week and the pain came back, so I went back to the physio.
I am now wondering whether to stop the lipitor and see if it gets better.

Hi SPR:

Glad to hear from you. I have now been off of Lipitor for 1 month and about 99% of my problem has disappeared. It's unbelievable after being in pain for over a year. I am now fully convinced that Lipitor was my problem.

It's so funny you mention the adductor strain because that was another one of the doctor's theories in addition to stress fracture's in my hips. These guys almost operated on me!

Not sure if it helped speed the recovery or not but I started taking the following supplements based on research I have been doing on Lipitor problems:
CoQ10 – 300 mg daily (Coenzyme Q-10)
L-Carnitine – 1000 mg daily
Flaxseed Oil – 3000 mg daily

Now for the not so good news. I recently had a cholesterol test and my cholesterol shot up to 259 from the previous level of 170 when I was on Lipitor. My goal now will be to bring it down naturally with better eating habits (oatmeal for breakfast), supplements (flaxseed, fish, cod liver oil) and exercise (I can now run on the treadmill pain free). I have discussed this with my primary care doctor and the plan is to re-check my cholesterol in 6 months to see how things look then. We talked about possibly trying a lower dosage of lipitor (scary) or a different type of statin if necessary.

My advice to you is talk to your doctor about all of this before making a decision on stopping the Lipitor. I don't know your current age or medical background/history so please don't go by my advice. Show the doctor this text and let him help you make a decision.

Have you medically ruled out your problem actually being a sports hernia or adductor sprain? Have you had X-Rays, MRI's and bone scans? I had all of these and they were negative.

I wish you the very best of luck. Please stay in touch with me with any updates and feel free to contact me with any questions or comments. I would be more than happy to share the details of this experience if it can help you.