Myalgia also often comes with mild feelings of weakness
There is some evidence that people who have exercised regularly before taking statins are less likely to experience muscle pain and cramping
Doctors Lipitor may cause muscle pain and weakness
, strength testing) and statins are limited and have produced inconsistent conclusions
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Lipitor can cause the breakdown of muscle tissue, which can lead to kidney failure
Muscle problems, including muscle breakdown, can be serious in some people and, rarely, cause kidney damage that can lead to death
Perform liver enzyme testing as clinically indicated and consider withdrawal of ZETIA if increases in ALT or AST ≥3 X ULN persist
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Muscle cells literally become energy starved
Muscle weakness
In the absence of Lrp4, no longer can the nerve stimulus connect to the muscle receptor
Back in 1980, the very first person to receive an experimental dose of statins suffered muscle weakness so severe, she could not walk
Guillain-Barré syndrome creates widespread muscle weakness
However, these drugs sometimes may cause neuromuscular side effects that represent about two-third of all adverse events
The frequency of statin use in patients with similar muscle diseases is significantly lower
Rhabdomyolysis, or the breakdown of muscle tissue, is a rare side effect of statins that can also cause muscle pain
Muscle symptoms that result from infections caused by bacteria, viruses or other infectious organisms are improved by treating the infection By the way, other cholesterol-lowering agents besides statin drugs can cause joint pain and muscle weakness
) can cause muscle weakness as a side effect
Research An article published in the October 2004 issue of the "Journal of the American College of Nutrition" reports that statins and magnesium both inhibit the same enzyme
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This included relief of muscle pain, muscle weakness, and Muscle weakness is commonly due to lack of exercise, ageing, muscle injury or pregnancy
Statins impact energy in the muscles
A study published in the "Journal of the American College of Cardiology" found that patients taking CoQ10, as it's often called, reported fewer incidences of pain while exercising when taking this supplement than Kidney diseases
Acute kidney injury secondary to myoglobinuria and rare fatalities have occurred as a result of rhabdomyolysis in patients treated with statins, including LIPITOR
Lastly, elevation of CPK more than 10 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) can Figuring out if these are due to a statin can be tricky
The creatine kinase levels are universally and persistently elevated The 50,000 participants in 6 large randomized clinical trials of statins were monitored prospectively for musculoskeletal symptoms, but not for muscle weakness
Uncontrolled cholesterol levels due to statin discontinuation can result in drastic cardiovascular consequences and mortality
He and They can include muscle pain and weakness
Your doctor may do further tests to diagnose the cause of your muscle problems
The degree of muscle pain and other symptoms varies widely
Had the same problem with the other statins, muscle aches stopped after about a week after discontinuing
The risk of very serious side effects is extremely
But if the side effects last longer than that, bother Statin-induced myopathy brings on muscle-related symptoms that didn’t exist prior to when you started taking a statin
But more studies are needed
The side effects most commonly associated with statin use involve muscle cramping, soreness, fatigue, weakness, and, in rare cases, rapid muscle breakdown that can lead to death
If you have kidney disease, you may have a higher risk of these side effects
, strength testing) and statins are limited and have produced inconsistent conclusions
Other side effects not listed may also occur in some patients
These event rates remained consistent across subgroups stratified by age, sex, ethnicity, history of vascular disease, diabetes, body mass index
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Call your doctor right away if you have unexplained muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness especially if you also have fever, unusual tiredness, or dark urine
Statins, a class of cholesterol-lowering medications, can lower the amount of coQ10 in your body
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ZETIA may cause myopathy [muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness associated with elevated creatine Exercise
There were reports of at least one episode of muscle pain or weakness from 27
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Evaluation of muscle symptoms in 420 statin-naïve people in one prospective randomized trial revealed that the incidence of myalgia (muscle pain) was 9
Different statins may vary in terms of the side effects they produce
A rare but worrisome side effect of taking a cholesterol-lowering statin is the breakdown of muscle tissue
Call your doctor right away if you have unexplained muscle pain , tenderness, or weakness especially if you also have fever , unusual tiredness, or dark urine
The researchers suggest that in most people, muscle cells can tolerate this calcium leak
What is worse is that the muscle inflammation continued after the patients stopped using the statins
But because the risk of side effects from CoQ10 is low, many doctors would recommend a one-to-two month trial of the supplement (doses range from 100 to 200 mg daily) to help with statin-related muscle
There are many other possible causes, which include stroke, multiple sclerosis, depression, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME)