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On 31 Dec 2015 I had 5 drug eluting stents inserted into 2 coronary arteries. Prescribed (daily): 80 mg aspirin, 75 mg grepid/clopidogrel, 25 mg metoprolol succinate retard, 40 mg pantoprazole pensa, simvastatin. Because I complained about side effects from simvastatin, switched over to Crestor/rosuvastatin 5 mg. LDL cholesterol is now staying under 2.5 got no idea if that's because of the pill...
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Started on 25 mg, this didn't help though so quickly moved up to 50 mg, the 50 mg was also not effective quickly enough so I ended up on 100 mg. Had lots of problems with side effects, including extreme tiredness, breathlessness, skin rash, mood swings, cold hands and feet, discoloration of the hands, unsettled etc.
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Muscle pain. I've used this before and stopped because of the muscle pain and cramps. I tried it again this week and had the same problems so I stopped again. All statins have these side effects if you are prone to them.
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