I'm 78 years old and in fairly good health, considering. Began t...

I'm 78 years old and in fairly good health, considering. Began taking Lipitor, 10 mg daily, nearly six years ago. Lowered my cholesterol nicely, thank you, so I ignored a buddy's warnings about statins in general, not bothering to check the Net. Finiished a strenuous home project last July and then in August, I noticed an unexplainable loss of strength in my leg muscles. I commented on it to a number of people, thinking I must be aging in spurts. I was experiencing problems getting out of my car, off the commode, out of chairs, etc.. Then, the first week in December, I woke in the middle of the night with my left leg, from the knee down, in totaly excruciating paing. I got into my Family Physician the next day, he had lab work done. Saw him two days later, all a big mystery, but he thought perhaps gout. He did give me a prescription for vikadan, which helped alleviate the pain. Things settled down somewhat, but I was even less capable of getting to my feet and was obliged to walk with a cane. I saw the Gout Doctor last week and after checking me over, he wasn't certain the problem was gout. The following night, my left leg blew up again and thank God for the vikadan. Then I finally got smart and check the Web and there's no doubt in my mind now that Lipitor is the source of both my loss of strength in my leg muscles and in the extremely painful episodes I've been having these last several weeks.