this is on behalf of my husband he was on zecor for about 2years ...

this is on behalf of my husband he was on zecor for about 2years and then his gp put him on 40mg of atorvastatin it was then he started to complain about pain in his legs but years ago he did suffer aspell with his legs so he just thought he was having abit of athritis he is 53 and as the weeks have gone by he can bearly walk because of pain in his calf thigh and lower back his cpk and liver blood results are raised he is waiting for an appointment with a rheumatologist on the 10 of august but he is due to take a hgv goods medical in september to renew his liscence but Ican not see that he will be well enough to do a tread mill test which is part of his medical he has stopped takeing the 40mg of atorvastatin after reading so many other people who are suffering with the same side affects he was defenately well before his dose was increased we are worried to death about his symtoms and he will proberly lose his job also he is irratable and his memory does seem to be affected no one seems to know how long the symtems go on for or is the damage permerment