Simvastatin 20mg I have been taking this medicine ...

get off the dairy foods. i take the same med. and have no problem. if that doesn't help, then find a doctor who will listen to you. and maybe change your med. hope i was some help.

I take a ground up spoon of flax seed on my cereal everyday and was able to cut my simvastatin down to 10mg  anything more and I would get leg and back aches

 Dear Edith, I been taken statins for many many years without any side effects, however this is not your case, this medication works in the liver reducing the production of lipids,(colesterol,etc.), your lipid panel seen to be at acceptables levels, however you may want to cut your dose to half a pill, 10 mg. once a day, this will probably reduced the side effects, there are many others statin on the market but I presume that since they all work under the same principle, is not going to change the effects, try taken only half of the pill, you can buy a pill cutter at any Walgreens, or any mayor drug store, make sure your Phisician knows of this change, I hope you can benefit from my adviced.           Antonio

The pain in your hands and legs could be significant. I would as the doctor for a blood test to check your kidney function. Sooner than later.

You have the right to what you do with your body. If you want to stop taking this med it is your choice and clearly your doctor is not answering your questions (don't you hate that? I do) anyway, someone I know took a swig of grapeseed oil each morning right from the bottle for a month. So he said...went back to get rechecked and was normal. Eating oatmeal daily is also supposed to help.

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I took this medicine for a short period of time and it had a similiar effect. I would push your doctor to try other medication.

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judith

The muscle pain that this medication causes is due to elevated liver enzymes, and that can be a serious side effect which is the reason on the lable to notify your physician.  Since your liver enzymes on your blood work is good you said, that's probably why your physician isn't too concerned about the medication being the cause of your pain.  However, you may need to see a neurologist for other possible causes like neuropathy and such.

Julie

I am also experiencing problems with s.  Legs hurting and now swelling very badly.  My dr took me off the pills, told me to (get this!) drink more water..no, not cokes, not tea, not coffee but pure 8 oz water at least 4 times a day.  I removed excess water and pain begain to lessen.  Who knew adding water would help rid body of excess water?  Dr says body thought it was drying up so it began to "hoard" water.  Sounds like a weird answer, but it's true.