I was taking Lovastatin until the VA told me that it was not on t...

I was on simvastatin 40mgs for just over six months because at the time the doctor thought I had stable angina....thankfully I don't
During which time I have never felt so ill, I couldn't even walk to the local shops and have been a keen walker all my life.
Every muscle seemed to be so weak this included my heart muscle which showed up on a echocardiogram as well.
I couldn't stand it any longer so came off them fives weeks ago my self, then thought I should tell my GP he actually was ok about it ,I had a blood test done for myoslitis that came back ok ,.......but liver test didn't showed enzymes were higher than they should be.
I am feeling slightly better not much though and worry I will never feel like my old self again.
I have started taking fish oils and co enzyme 10 but only 30 mgs a day.
If you could give me any advise I would be very grateful.
I am now thinking it will be I thing I will have to live with, good thing my GP agrees not to put me back on them because of the effect they have had wish I had never taken them
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I was taking Lovastatin for four years. After three years I developed severe leg pains and thought that it was all part of getting older. I didn't make the connection between my pains and the medicine so I continued taking it for another year. Finally I did the research myself and made the connection and immediately stopped the medicine cold turkey. I never would have started the medicine if I knew this was a common side effect. The pain started to go away and I thought I was going to make a full recovery. It has now been a year since I stopped taking the medicine and the pains are as bad as ever. My new doctor has started looking for other causes for the leg pains. Does anyone know if this side effect could be permanent?