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I started on 40mg of simvistatin 3 and a half months ago,after be...

Posted at 12:39 PM on Jul 05, 2008 by jakie_caddy43, #32072
I started on 40mg of simvistatin 3 and a half months ago,after being on them for a week i started to get bad headaches and felt really fatigued,so when i told my gp she said its just a matter of your body getting used to them,so i continued taking the pills i seemed ok for a while but 5 weeks ago i started with palpitations,then i got indigestion, and general discomfort in my chest,weakness in my arms and legs, headaches and the fatigue came back worse than ever,i haven't been back to see the doctor,i stopped the pills yesterday,the indigestion has gone already,i want to lose about a stone and try to lower my cholesterol myself ,but how can you exercise when you feel so weak and tired,my cholesterol level is 5 but because i suffer high blood pressure the doc said it needs to be 4.3,does anyone else suffer from the same and is on this medication?
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Reply 3 months ago on Jul 06, 2008 by 18_has, #9821

Hi,
I was feeling the same I went on Simvastation 40 mgs last Christmas and came off them four weeks ago. My doctor wants to put me on a milder form but not sure | want this.
I was feeling ok before I went on them,...... then started feeling really really tired ,strange feeling across my chest then palpations which really frightened me I even had tests done echocardiogram and seven day ECG things seemed ok , so couldn't understand why I was feeling so bad.
Also had headaches and terrible indigestion,
I have started to feel alittle better but my doctor tells me -it can take a few months before you really see a difference. hope this helps!!

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Reply about 1 month ago on Sep 05, 2008 by electricpony, #11991

I too have had side effects. slamming headaches, extreme fatigue, heart palpitations, chest pain like my organs were pushing out on my ribs, weakness and numbness in arms and legs. I was told I have Lyme disease by one doc and that I don't by another. Then the one that said I do have Lyme told me to get off Simvistatin, that it can cause many of the side effects I've mentioned. Oh, also major memory issues. Like things that once came easily at work are difficult to remember now.

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