{"id":33462,"date":"2013-07-05T09:46:16","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T13:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=33462"},"modified":"2015-12-27T15:45:52","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T20:45:52","slug":"goodbye-statin-hello-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=33462","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye Statin, Hello Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I am happy to finally have some good news \u2013 My muscles no longer hurt when I run. I\u2019m a bit out of shape after a few weeks of very little exercise, but there is no doubt the pain, soreness and fatigue I have been feeling in my legs when I run is gone, and although I haven\u2019t run more than 7 miles in the past two weeks I feel faster than I did a month ago. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The change is no doubt (well maybe there is still a hint of doubt) a result of my decision to stop taking a statin a little over two weeks ago. After months of pain, soreness and a lot of frustration, I decided to stop taking all of the pills I was taking (four, including <a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/diabetes\/type-2-diabetes\/type-2-diabetes-treatments\/biguanides-metformin\/\">metformin<\/a>, aspirin, <a href=\"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/michael\/blogs\/diabetes-management-blogs\/my-new-medication-an-ace-inhibitor\/31534\/\">ACE Inhibitor<\/a> and the statin).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I knew it was probably the statin that was responsible for the muscle pain I had but fed up with everything, I decided to just stop taking all of the pills and then, if the pain went away, I\u2019d slowly add the others one by one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prescribed by my doctor to keep my LDL cholesterol under control (or under the level someone decided people with diabetes have to have = 100), I\u2019ve been taking statins off and on for a long time. I wasn\u2019t very good at taking my oral medications until a few months ago when I was scolded by my endo and GP for not keeping my cholesterol under control. So after the Milano Marathon I decided to make sure to take my statin every night.<\/p>\n<p>The result, I think, was that my body did not recover well from the marathon.\u00a0 Between that and the problems the statin causes me, I kept feeling pain and soreness in my legs when I ran and sometimes when I was just sitting around.\u00a0 Even the small effort of pressing my foot down on the gas pedal while driving was causing leg pain.<\/p>\n<p>This was a real blow to someone who needs to run both for physical and metal health. I was depressed and frustrated and didn\u2019t know what to do.<\/p>\n<p>I know my medical team will not take my decision well, but I don\u2019t care. I have said goodbye to statins. 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