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Swollen Feet

Desmond1979

Earlier, this week, my feet began to swell. First, I called my Doctor's on Tuesday morning; but missed the triage window. Then, at 5:30 pm Tuesday, I called out-of-hours; but no response. Then, Wednesday morning, my Doctor tried to call me. Eventually, an appointment for that afternoon was made. And, this morning, I had a bloods done.

Now, I feel apprehensive. I don't want to be on Statins, after hearing the negative sideeffects. Perhaps, I should ask the Doctor about joining a Gym.

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  • I can only speak for myself, but I had horrendous adverse effects from Atorvastatin. Many people tolerate statins or have very minor adverse effects. For me, saying that Atorvastatin poisoned my whole system is not too strong a term. I have never in my whole life had back pain, but had very severe middle-back pain about two months in to taking Atorvastatin. I also developed persistent oral thrush (I have asthma inhalers), increased incidence and severity of bronchitis (Atorvastatin has immunosuppressive effects), nocturia, sleep disturbance, spiny keratoderma on my hands, visual disturbances, heart palpitations and the feeling that I was about to pass out following any sort of exercise. I stopped taking the statin after four and a half months on my own recognisance, after which my GP said that many people feel better after stopping a statin. Why he could not have said that earlier when I was describing my litany of symptoms, I do not know. I felt better within days of stopping, but I still have minor back-ache, over a year later.

    I am saying this because I was not warned about the possibility of very severe adverse effects when I was prescribed the statin, and went through months of having zero quality of life, and frankly thinking I was dying, before realising what the cause was.

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  • I can only speak for myself, but I had horrendous adverse effects from Atorvastatin. Many people tolerate statins or have very minor adverse effects. For me, saying that Atorvastatin poisoned my whole system is not too strong a term. I have never in my whole life had back pain, but had very severe middle-back pain about two months in to taking Atorvastatin. I also developed persistent oral thrush (I have asthma inhalers), increased incidence and severity of bronchitis (Atorvastatin has immunosuppressive effects), nocturia, sleep disturbance, spiny keratoderma on my hands, visual disturbances, heart palpitations and the feeling that I was about to pass out following any sort of exercise. I stopped taking the statin after four and a half months on my own recognisance, after which my GP said that many people feel better after stopping a statin. Why he could not have said that earlier when I was describing my litany of symptoms, I do not know. I felt better within days of stopping, but I still have minor back-ache, over a year later.

    I am saying this because I was not warned about the possibility of very severe adverse effects when I was prescribed the statin, and went through months of having zero quality of life, and frankly thinking I was dying, before realising what the cause was.

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