My husband was recently put on a statin. His total cholesterol was 165, triglycerides 110, HDL 52, and LDL 91 ... ALL IN THE NORMAL RANGES!!! Hubby insisted the doc must know what he's talking about, because his former doc (now retired) also wanted him on statins.

GIVE ME STRENGTH!!!

I tried to get him to do some reading, but no. If his doc said to do it, he was going to try it for 3 months.

I asked him if his doc talked about any of the side effects. Nope, he hadn't. I told him that he'll likely get muscle cramps, possibly severe, and that mental decline was also a likely possibility. Sure enough, he got leg cramps so bad he couldn't sleep at night and was having trouble concentrating in the daytime. He also had a bout with severe mental fog while on the job. He's a corporate trainer for a enterprise software company, and near the end of one day, he said he started making all kinds of mistakes, and couldn't figure his way out of the exercises. That was the last day he took the statin.