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Posted at 12:54 AM on Dec 08, 2008 by kiokok, #37156
WOW! My jaw is on the floor. I have been taking Simvastatin for 4 years! At around that time I started feeling ill. I ended up in the infection clinic. There they did 6 spinal taps since they could not understand why I had this major headache, and stablike pains. I was hospitalized for 2 weeks and during the last 4 years I have been in and out of hospitals and doctors. After they found 'nothing' they told me that I might have LUPUS/RA. So they started me on drugs to treat reumatism. I was on 2000mg per day! Complained and said that the meds where not working and I needed help and someone to listen to what I was saying. Then one of the many doctors I had was telling me to shut up and go see a psychiatrist. That got to me and so I started writing letters. I got a 'new' doctor and he said odd. Told me he was only interested in my joints. After the second time w him he passed away and so I met a fresh doctor, on that was right out of med school. She looked at me and said...*You cant go on living like this, this is no life.* she sent me to the hospital for 2 weeks so that I could get the right treatment. There they realized that I have no sings of reumatisum but rather a connection w Simvastatin. They right away told me to stop taking all the reumatisum medication and they will now focus on removing Simvastatin. I am blown away.... I was so sick, so may hours lost from work, family and friends. I almost left my husband because I felt like I was just 'there' not ever being able to do things. I was so sick all the time. Wow is the only word I have in my head right now- I am in a shock.
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Reply 11 months ago on Dec 20, 2008 by swedish, #15390

I can really understand how you feel. Not because I have experienced the same myself. I have never taken statins and never will.

But I had a very close friend who did. He, like you, were diagnosed with one thing after the other, for instance reumatism. It started many years ago and it was only in 2004 I realised that the best thing that you can do for yourself and the people around you is to read different books and visit a lot of sites on the Internet. But always find out who is behind the information. Could be drug companies for instance.

My friend had a whole lot of different symptoms which I suspect had to do with his statin medication. I have told his story many times and I suppose if you look for my signature - Swedish - you can find my comments.

Please visit "Stopped our statins". Under print articles there is an interesting article from The Weston Price Foundation. It`s about the different statin studies and about different side effects.

It`s not just statins that can cause trouble. Even OTC-drugs can give you problem if you use them too often and in the wrong way. So, please be careful.

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Reply 11 months ago on Dec 28, 2008 by tispmb, #15539

I probably will stop taking them myself now I have had severe headaches for at least 5 weeks now. I put it down to the rose wine.Pat Bailey Halesowen West Mids

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