I have been on statins for nearly 20 years with no side effects and on Rosuvastatin for about 5 years. In the last 2-3 months have been experiencing aching arms. Is this a side effect or what? any ideas welcome please.
probably. discuss with your doctor in case there’s a different reason for the aching arms such as damaged bicep tendons etc.
Yes absolutely , I had same problem and stop medications for 3 or 4 days and the pain disappear , i am trying again with Rosuvastatin 10 mg and let see what happen , if this occurs again the doctor will change the statin,
7 years later, and I have a similar problem, with some useful information to share:
I got pins-and-needles in my left arm, which progressed to numbness and it started jumping around to all my limbs and all around my head. I am diabetic. Doctors didn’t seem to want to pay much attention to my problem. But it’s my body…. It wasn’t arm pain, per se, but numbness and tingling. My latest routine bloodwork returned a 5.5 A1C (insulin-assisted) and below normal cholesterol (rosuvastatin-assisted). However, my blood pressure meds were starting to be not enough–I was starting to get 150/80’s. The doctor responded by bumping my Amlodipine dose to 10mg.
I did my own research, and came across this medical journal article:
In essence, statins inhibit the production/absorption of naturally-produced CoQ10. And one thing leads to another … neuropathy. I tried CoQ10 supplements before, and I doubt they were effective (doctors don’t seem too crazy about them, either, since your body produces CoQ10 naturally). BUT–that was before Rosuvastatin. So I decided to try CoQ10 again. I took myself off the Rosuvastatin (which is my right…), started another CoQ10 supplement, and guess what: 120/68. So I took myself off the Amlodipine, too. Guess what again: 120/68. The CoQ10 supplement now looks to be effective (to the tune of shaving 30 points off my BP!), which to me indicates the Rosuvastatin has been impeding CoQ10. I start noticing remarkable improvement in my left-side numbness and pins-and-needles within 3 days. Where before I was waking up with a numb left arm, now I am not. And after I had started the Rosuvastatin (due to above-normal cholesterol), I had since started Mounjaro for the diabetes. The Mounjaro lowered my cholesterol (mostly because it makes me simply not eat cholesterol). So now I’m below normal cholesterol, with the two drugs put together. Getting off the Rosuvastatin reversed my diabetic-related neuropathy. And I am of the strong conviction that because I acted quickly, I avoided permanent damage. Also, it’s important to distinguish between the so-called “diabetic neuropathy” versus neuropathy stemming from diabetic complications. They’re not the same. Non-diabetics can have the same kinds of neuropathy as the latter.
To summarize: I exercised my right to test Rosuvastatin’s effect on my own body’s nervous system by temporarily taking myself off, and starting a CoQ10 supplement. My body responded remarkably to the CoQ10. Indicating (per the medical article) that it’s the Rosuvastatin.