topic Statins, Muscle Pains, Red Yeast Rice in Wellness https://community.qvc.com/t5/Wellness/Statins-Muscle-Pains-Red-Yeast-Rice/m-p/169846#M3797 <P>I noticed it's been a couple of years since this topic has been posted.</P> <P>DH has been taking simvastatin for 10 years and, all of a sudden, about 4 months ago, started experiencing severe enough <SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;"><STRONG>chronic calf pain</STRONG></SPAN> that affects his ability to walk! He's an active person, loves to workout, etc., and it breaks my heart to see him like this. He looks like a 95-year-old person the way he walks. <IMG src="https://community.qvc.com/DesktopModules/ExactTarget/Controls/TextEditor/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/sad.gif" alt="{#emotions_dlg.sad}" /> I've already done some preliminary research and it seems likely that simvastatin is the cause of this pain. (He's healthy otherwise.)</P> <P>Have any of you had similar experience that you can share with muscle pain, or experience with red yeast rice, or any other alternative treatments for high cholesterol? TIA!</P> Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:15:40 GMT count210 2012-03-02T21:15:40Z Statins, Muscle Pains, Red Yeast Rice https://community.qvc.com/t5/Wellness/Statins-Muscle-Pains-Red-Yeast-Rice/m-p/169846#M3797 <P>I noticed it's been a couple of years since this topic has been posted.</P> <P>DH has been taking simvastatin for 10 years and, all of a sudden, about 4 months ago, started experiencing severe enough <SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;"><STRONG>chronic calf pain</STRONG></SPAN> that affects his ability to walk! He's an active person, loves to workout, etc., and it breaks my heart to see him like this. He looks like a 95-year-old person the way he walks. <IMG src="https://community.qvc.com/DesktopModules/ExactTarget/Controls/TextEditor/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/sad.gif" alt="{#emotions_dlg.sad}" /> I've already done some preliminary research and it seems likely that simvastatin is the cause of this pain. (He's healthy otherwise.)</P> <P>Have any of you had similar experience that you can share with muscle pain, or experience with red yeast rice, or any other alternative treatments for high cholesterol? TIA!</P> Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:15:40 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Wellness/Statins-Muscle-Pains-Red-Yeast-Rice/m-p/169846#M3797 count210 2012-03-02T21:15:40Z