I'm a 54 year old female prescribed 10 mg zocor(simvastatin) for ...

Everything you describe here is exactly me including age except I'm male and my symptoms are many more than you have written. I was 20 - 40 mgs for 4.5 years trying to cope, before a friend told me. I had been going to my doctor 6 - 9 times per year. This is not a bleat just to help you recognise some things. WITHDRAWL while some symptoms eased others multiplied, soaking sweats, every muscle huge spasms including eyeballs terrifying, no memory, toileting frequent urine tiny amounts no flow, poo like a guinea pig it, my doodle thing started ejaculating without any activity and it had been completely dormint for over 2 years was all sickening and horrific. I'm now 10 months off the med and would consider myself 75% recovered and only in the last 3 weeks sometimes smiling again. Your body is stripped of coq10. I found 3 x 100 mgs coq10 BUT it must be the kaneka brand plus 400mgs magnessium citrate powder within 3 weeks eased my pain and raised my energy by around 20 % which was a huge help. You may have some heart damage from this so load up on fish oil. There is a survey where 70% of the people who took part taking statins within 6 months developed some cardio myopathy all recovered ceasing the statins and taking co q 10. Go to spacedoc dot net. Also look at drmike profile on this site. He is a retired surgeon who got caught like you and me and if you follow his postings he gives you links to great helpful sites. Research, be patient and best to you, from New Zealand.

Thank you for your response and reassurance. I only touched on some of the symptoms...we can add palpitations and chest pain...requiring a full cardiac workup which was negative thank goodness, horrible and continual loud ringing in my head and ears, pain in teeth and jaw, neck so tight it felt like someone was pushing down on my head all the time, sweats....and so on. Scary times sending me to the doctor far too often and always for nothing. I wish I had discovered the zocor connection a long time ago. My doctor certainly never said anything...I'm guessing he's never taken this stuff??!!
Thank you again....all the best to you!

I can relate to your symptoms ....i also have also suffered muscle and joint pain i also had very bad hip pain which the doctor said was bursitus and knee pain which he said was wear and tear and at the moment my left arm is very painful...it got very scary when my memory and concentration got dodgy..i have been on simvastatin for nearly 4 years 3x20mg a day ...needless to say i have stopped taking them now and i havn't noticed any withdrawal symptoms only a slight improvement in my concentration ....
steve

I was on 20 mgs of simvastatin for about 7 weeks. I also have high blood pressure which I have been taking meds for several years and was able to keep that under control. As soon as I started simvastatin my blood pressure went very high. I am now off simvastatin for about 6 weeks now and feel better, but am still experiencing palpitations and some dizziness that I never experienced before I took this drug. I hope eventually this will go away.

Wen....As to date I have been off of this horrible medication for 24 weeks....Some of the problems have improved...my hip is great! ...but I still struggle daily with the muscle pain in neck, shoulders, chest and back, arms and the awful palpitations WHICH I HATE--more than anything else! Palpitations have a way of controlling ones life--or at least they do mine. The foggy head/dizziness issue has improved although some days I do have trouble with this as well. Bottom line is that life is not back to normal and most days I wonder if it ever will be! I take Ubquinol CoQ10 and magnesium. Once in a while I have a good day but for every one of those I have a week of bad ones....hang in there and best of luck to you!

Hi to all, I took Simvastatin for about 3-4 months...started at 10, went to 20 mg. After muscle pain and weakness became so pronounced that I couldn't use my right arm, I read up on side effects and stopped the medication. Now I worry about the rebound effects. I have been feeling a lot of pressure in my head that seems non stop...with slight headache along with it. This pressure and ringing in the ears is enough to just make one want to lie down and skip doing things you normally would enjoy. Do you know if this means you are more likely to have a stroke? or what is actually going on inside the brain to create this pressure?

I have jsut stopped taking Simvastatin after 2 months. I have had 2 days continuous cramp and a light headed feeling most of the time. My GP has just this week said that the casue could be Simvastatin as I didn;t have them before a TIA (questionable) in April. My BP has been difficult to stabilise during this time jumping from hyo to hyper and now remaining under 115/80 most of the time but dropping as low as 96/68 at times. My GP initially suggested another statin but with my colestrol under 3.0 I questioned why I needed them at all. He agreed to see how it goes without statins.

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The head pressure you mention and incessant ringing....I have had an incredible amount of this all through this Simvastatin ordeal. I am currently 44 weeks post Simvastatin and while most everything is finally starting to improve allowing me a slight return to a normal daily life I still struggle with the head issues which are exhausting and worse--no one can understand this feeling...because you look fine on the outside! They are much worse when I have had a restless night. My chiropractor has helped quite a lot--seems that very tight and spasming neck and shoulder muscles have quite a lot to do with this feeling--although I am scheduled for a CT of the area for further evaluation. Whether on or off... Simvastatin has been a horrible experience which has taught me to thoroughly research medications before I simply take them on the advise of my physician. Good luck to you!