Originally Posted by pingpongman

. . .my neuro-muscular doctor told me to stop taking statins. He said statins was one of worse drugs on the market. Sure enough within a week my legs started getting better.
mike

Originally Posted by pingpongman

I tried Zetia which is a non-statin but it also caused me weakness but my MG is very complicated. I am positive for 4 antibodies. Zetia is pretty expensive.
Mike

Originally Posted by dyankee

Hi: I'm new here (just getting started on obtaining a diagnosis) and have most of the symptoms everyone here has brought up. However, the one that is foremost on my mind right now is that I've had some darn near catastrophic falls over the last couple of years. I fell going up the stairs a week ago Friday and I can barely stay on my feet for more than a half hour or so. Saw a doc at urgent care last Thursday and he says I have a hematoma (after xrays showed no broken bones) with ecchymosis on my right leg. I had two falls last year that really did me in (for weeks, not days). I've given the falls a lot of long hard thought, and I simply can't attribute them to anything specific...not dizziness, not a slip, not a misstep. Now I do have a lot of problems navigating as I have to look directly at the ground to avoid tumbling over some trifling obstacle and my depth perception is at about zero, but I'm darn careful now. I guess what I simply don't understand is why I get SO damaged every time. Is this common?
One thing that I am aware of, is that I don't seem to be able to catch myself; I fall like a tree in the woods...don't get my arms out, nothing.

I'd be deeply grateful if anyone else has experienced this and has some kind of explanation.

Originally Posted by Rocker Dan

The same thing is happening to me!Even as i changed my medicine from MS Contin and Oxys fro breakthrough to Fentanyl and MSIR for Breakthrough(I have been on Fentanyl for two years in 2007-09) I started up the small flight of stairs with a landing 5 steps up,my brain had a signal of 90% power but when i trudged up only 15% power was dished out and my legs just "Folded up"and Down i went with no arms out or anything to break or grab onto!This happened again,and terrified Doctor might blame the Fentanyl i went to work myself as i have studied medical treatments and condition's for over 40 years as a hobby.I am NOT a Doctor but i do learn a lot from reading and any other way of study!I have one of 5 condition's called disk degeneration and that affects signals and pathways up and back down my spinal cord.And also puts up blocks that can slow down signal transmission. Theres nothing i can do about it but maybe this can answer a question for you! The Docs want me to go and see a therapist for pain.I know that thats for a precursor for a wheelchair.No big deal.I have had a great full life and was a stuntman at 21 so ina wheelchair at 56-57 cant hurt!I wish you Pain Free Peace,Rocker Dan