June 27/09 I am 65 yrs , very active. Play hockey, baseball, sl...

I suggest that you stop taking this dangerous drug that can cause MANY side effects. The drs. and the drug co's are doing a SCAM on the anti-cholesterol drugs . . . it is all about $$ and many people are suffer. Your mind/body needs cholesterol to function. DON'T LET YOUR DR. TO CON YOU.

Go to spacedoc dot net. Then go to Dr kendricks link to WHO showing world health's own data on cholestrol verse heart health, then decide for yourself whether a go hard fit human like yourself would ever 1) believe in the cholestrol theory. 2) Put any synthetic chemical into your fit body. If your skeletal muscles are feeling the pinch any chance your heart muscle might be at risk as well? Good luck

I agree with the other commentators but would also add:

Try to make up your own mind about the cholesterol issue. There are other views than the ones you usually hear.

Side effects can come at once - or after many years.
Then they are not seldon diagnosed as something else with more medications as a result or written off as "old age" etc.

Also read the stories for the other cholesterol lowering drugs = statins, such as Zocor, Simvastatin, Pravachol etc. They all have similar side effects.

Google

"Stopped our statins"
Under "print articles" you will find an interesting article from Weston Price Foundation

www.spacedoc.net
www.ravnskov.nu
www.askapatient.com
www.peoplespharmacy.com (search for statins)
www.thincs.org
Google "Wonder Drug That Stole My Memory"
You will find an article from the English News Paper Daily Telegraph and underneath it are 140 comments!

Read:
Dr. Duane Graveline´s books
The Great Cholesterol Con (Anthony Colpo)
The Cholesterol Myths (Uffe Ravnskov)

Google their names for more information.

Some other books that might be enlightening:

The Truth About The Drug Companies (Marcia Angell)
What if medicine disappeared. (Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea)
Death by prescription (Ray D. Strand).

It`s your body and you know best how you feel.
Good luck!

Your experience with lipitor is shared by many.

Cholesterol plays a vital role in maintaining cell structure. When we inhibit the body's ability to make cholesterol, we risk muscle damage. The most common place for symptoms to show up is in the leg muscles.

Cholesterol also serves many more functions. It maintains our nervous system, helps with digestion, and all our steroid hormones are made from cholesterol.

Your doctor may or may not admit the statin had anything to do with it. Those who have financial interest in statins usually deny the drug had anything to do with it, so its important to consult someone who has no commercial interest in lowering cholesterol.