General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Yes the muscle pains can be really bad, fortunately there are now a wider range of statins on the market so one can try out some of the others to find one that suits better.
I have the familial form of hypercholestrolaemia and some statins do not work well with it as they only reduce the cholesterol in the blood from food that is ingested. The familial form of high cholesterol involved the cholesterol produced by the liver and needs a different approach so for a while I needed a dual purpose medication which worked a treat and brought down my levels to normal within weeks.