After taking statins (Provacol, Lovastatin, Lipitor, and Zocor) f...

After taking statins (Provacol, Lovastatin, Lipitor, and Zocor) for over 4 years and having strong muscle pains throught out my body, I stopped taking statins. During this time the doctor tested me for everything else. I started taking Celebrex to stop the pain. It greatly reduced it. However, i stopped Celebrex after how it might affect heart patients was made known. Now 2 months after I stopped Lipitor, 95% plus of my pains are gone. I did not realize how severe they were until i stopped. one can get used to pain, but it does negatively affect you without you being consciously aware of it. I now aggressively use diet and exercise to control my cholesterol. a better solution in all aspects. when I started statins, i had no apparent side affects like muscle pain for about 10-12 months. however over time the pain started kept building and spreading. Eventually my legs muscles, back muscles, chest muscles, hip joints, elbow joints, and knee joints all ached. A friend of mine who had been taking Lipitor (20mg) for a little over a year, recently started having muscle pains. What I do not understand is why this side affect is not better know and published.