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What Causes Severe Muscle Spasms While On Statin Drugs?

Posted on Sat, 2 Jul 2016

Question: I was on statih drugs starting in 2002 , encountering severe muscles. each time I waschanged to adifferent statin. after 9 different ones the oharmacy refused to fill them.after allthis time I continue to have problems seemily to get worse .I have been to numerous doctors with no results .

Answered by Dr. Dr.Albana Sejdini (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Pain killers and magnesium supplements to start...

Detailed Answer:
Hi my dear,

I have gone through your medical history carefully and understood your concerns.

Having muscle aches and related damages are well known side effects of using statin of any type.
It will take a few more time to get back to normality again hoping that damages are not permanent. This can be ensure by EMG and neurological studies of the muscles of the legs.

Next, apart muscle relaxants, you need to take pain killers like naproxen, ibuprofen, ketorolac, etc.

Multivitamin supplementation containing magnesium, zinc, calcium, etc. can also help with muscle spasms.

Hope it was of help!
Dr.Albana

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar