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blackhole99
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Re: Simvastatin and skin issues

‎01-27-2017 08:52 PM

I've been on simvastatin for years and an very photosensitive, you just have to stay out of the sun. I have a feeling the sun sensitivity is a side effect of most statin drugs and if you couple that with an antibiotic for some reason you really better stay out of the sun.

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feline groovy
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Re: Simvastatin and skin issues

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‎01-27-2017 10:09 PM - edited ‎01-27-2017 10:11 PM

I've been on Simvastatin for years, but have never had that experience.

 

Does your hubs also wear a high-SPF (at least 50) sunscreen on his face?

 

Less irritating would be the clear physical ones made with zinc oxide, as well as the ones made for babies or just kids.

 

Maybe he just has to limit the time spent on really sunny days.

I know that's hard to do in the sunshine state, but perhaps cloud cover makes a difference. 

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