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Medications caused polymyalgia rheumatica

Posted By Hatomentan (Champaign, Il ) on 09/04/2014

Three years ago I took simastatin for 2 months, but discontinued it bacause I developed muscle pains and rosacea.My doctor recently persuaded me to try Crestor 10 mg because I have FH. After 11 days I awoke in the night with tingling hands. Three days later, after my regular yoga class, I was wracked with pain in my shoulders, arms, neck and hips.I came off the Crestor but there was no change. Two weeks ago my doctor diagnosed PMR and put me on 3x5mg daily prednisolone, which has eased most of the pain, but not helped with the parasthesia in my hands.The doctor is reluctant to blame the statin for this damage, and says it is coincidence. However I feel that I probably had an underlying auto-immune problem that was dramatically accelerated by a very powerful statin and would advise caution to anyone with PMR considering statin therapy. Now I have sky high cholesterol, PMR and steroids to contend with, thanks doc!
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Replied by Rsw (Uniontown, Oh) on 09/04/2014

Hatomentan,

The fact that your doctor doubts your reaction was caused by the statin is why statin adverse effects are tremendously under reported and under stated. PMR is not an uncommon result from statin use. Statins are said to bring out diseases you may never have developed for another 30 years. People who have been the most active are often those who become the most damaged. If you are interested, there is a Yahoo group for people who have been statin damaged: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Stopped_Our_Statins/info

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