I have been taking Simvastatin 20 mg. for about two and 1/2 month...

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Thank you for your post! I couldn't understand why I had been experiencing such fatigue and muscle soreness when I hadn't done anything to make that happen. I also have started having the dizziness in the last couple of weeks, and my doctor said it was vertigo and put me on something for that that causes me to go to sleep....I will be discussing this with my doctor this week and see if an alternative can be given.