Do any of you ever have an achiness in upper legs muscles and weakness. I don't have pins and needles or burning (in upper leg muscles) -just aching. I have pins and needles in other places.

Now that you ask, yes I do have the pain and weakness. But couldnt tell you what to do about it. I usually use a moist heating pad to try to take some of the pain away. I am on so many pills I dont know what is working for what.b

Statins can cause muscle weakness and leg pain. Do you take a statin to conmtrol your cholesterol?

Yes, statins can cause muscle weakness. Thank you for posting that. They are something a CMTer should not take. Thanks again.

Hi All,

Just read the above threads and I am concerned.
I have Diabetis and have been prescribed Simvastin for high Cholesterol since October this year. My Cholesterol then was 14.3, with diet control and meds it is now down to 8.6.

Since two weeks after taking the Simvastin I developed electric shock pains down the left side of my thigh. I returned to my DD and he said it was Diabetic Neuropathy.

After reading the side effects of Statins now I am not too sure the Doctor was right, but,surley he must have known the side effects of these drugs?

Allan

Doctors never tell patients about side effects of prescribed drugs. Possibly many never read the published side effects. Most people never experience any side effects.

I had muscle pain in my legs after taking statin for 20 years. I cannot say for sure it was the statins or my neuropathy causing the muscle pains. I stopped takin statins (Zocor) and most of the muscle pain disapeared. There is still some lingering effect. Muscle pain and weakness from statins is sometimes irreversible.