On and off for several years, I have dealt with worsening muscle pain. It got to the point here recently that I could barely move because I hurt so bad.
I've been taking simvastatin (Zocor) for a year or two (can't rememer which) to help lower my cholesterol. When the NP at my GP's office prescribed it, she told mentioned something about muscle pain, but since I was already having some pain from spasticity, I didn't think much about it. Until recently.
Since I've been taking the medication, I've had an increase in pain, and a couple of times, I stopped taking the medication all together because I was worried about it, but I never really made a true connection. (My dose starting out was 5 mg., my doctor then increased it to 10 mg, and later to 20 mg, though I never went up to the 20 mg because I just felt odd about taking that much, for some reason.)
I had been off of it for awhile, but a few months ago, decided to start taking it again, and soon after the pain in my muscles increased dramatically. It was awful!! I would get up in the morning and feel like I had been beaten all over with a baseball bat. So, about a week ago, I decided again to stop taking simvastatin, and the muscle pain is almost gone. It finally clicked with me that my pain is caused by the medication. (I've researched, and it is one of the main side effects and a potentially dangerous one, as it can cause kidney damage from the enzymes released from the dying muscle tissue.)
I guess I will just need to watch what I eat, lay off the Big Macs, and not take simvastatin. And hopefully my muscle pain won't be coming back, at least not as bad as it was. (I do still have pain from spasticity.)
I've been taking simvastatin (Zocor) for a year or two (can't rememer which) to help lower my cholesterol. When the NP at my GP's office prescribed it, she told mentioned something about muscle pain, but since I was already having some pain from spasticity, I didn't think much about it. Until recently.
Since I've been taking the medication, I've had an increase in pain, and a couple of times, I stopped taking the medication all together because I was worried about it, but I never really made a true connection. (My dose starting out was 5 mg., my doctor then increased it to 10 mg, and later to 20 mg, though I never went up to the 20 mg because I just felt odd about taking that much, for some reason.)
I had been off of it for awhile, but a few months ago, decided to start taking it again, and soon after the pain in my muscles increased dramatically. It was awful!! I would get up in the morning and feel like I had been beaten all over with a baseball bat. So, about a week ago, I decided again to stop taking simvastatin, and the muscle pain is almost gone. It finally clicked with me that my pain is caused by the medication. (I've researched, and it is one of the main side effects and a potentially dangerous one, as it can cause kidney damage from the enzymes released from the dying muscle tissue.)
I guess I will just need to watch what I eat, lay off the Big Macs, and not take simvastatin. And hopefully my muscle pain won't be coming back, at least not as bad as it was. (I do still have pain from spasticity.)
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