My mother took Zocor and has the similar side effects. But has a...

I can´t answer your question but may be give you some hints to where you can look for more information.

All statins have similar side effects so also read the patient stories for the others in the same group.

The side effects can come at one but also after many years. They can disappear if you stop but also be permanent.

Look for information on the product name as well as the active substance, for instance, Zocor = Simvastatin.

I am sure that if you go to Wikipedia maybe you will find a lot of other product names as well. Different names for the same medicine in different parts of the world for instance.

Please, also read the stories on Lipitor (=Atorvastatin).

This group of medications is called statins because there is usually the word - statin - in the name of the substance.

Please visit Duane Gravelines site - www.spacedoc.net.

He has also written two books, one of which is Lipitor - thief of memory.

www.ravnskov.nu

www.thincs.org

Here are som more books:

The Great Cholesterol Con (Antony Colpo)
The Cholesterol Myths (Uffe Ravnskov)
The Truth About The Drug Companies (Marcia Angell)
Overdosed America (John Abramson)
Malignant Medical Myths (Joel F. Kauffman)

Search for more information on Google.

Google "Stopped our statins".

Under "print articles", to the left on the first page, you will find an interesting article from The Weston Price Foundation. It´s about the statin studies and side effects.

The best thing you can do for yourself and people around you is to "educate" yourself on medicine issues.

Yes, several others have been diagnosed with ALS after statin "therapy". If you go to Dr. Graveline's site at spacedoc.net you will find a page on statins and ALS.

You are certainly not alone in this matter.