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My Mum took statins for years, as advised.
She had various aches and pains but put those down to age etc.
Her bestest friend told her that her aches and pains vanished after stopping statins.
Mum stopped statins. Aches & pains were no more.
Mum's cholesterol is a bit high but she won't go back on statins.
Mum is 82.
Most of the epidemiological work supporting statins has been done with a younger population.
Mum does not expect immortality but rather enjoys an ache-free life.
Mum is currently on NO medication.
I'm nearly 70 and have been on statins since 1999 after the doctor's advice that it reduces the risk of stroke and heart attack in elderly males. I always feel tired, listless and lethargic and have many odd aches and pains.
I spoke at some length with my doctor about it a fortnight ago because of reading about cases like your mother. During the conversation about symptoms he started to check me over for lymphoma.
He referred me to a consultant haematologist (80 days wait on our nhs but only three days with a £250 bung) who also told me that he regards statins as essential at my age and brought my diabetes into the equation.
I've decided I'll stick with the statins. I wait for blood test and scan results on the 24th July for the maybe lymphoma.
My prostate cancer was caught early during a discussion with my doctor about something else. If I have lymphoma, which is unlikely in the consultant's view, it will have been caught early because of statins. Got to be a bonus.