My doctor put me on zimvastatin (Zocor) only because she deemed me diabetic because of an A1C of 6.1, She started me at 40 mg and my LDL went down 50 but that wasn't good enough for her. Anyway at the same time I was reading in the newspaper about Zocor and how there were bad side effects such as muscle problems especially at the higher strength levels. So what did she do? She said she was going to up me to 80 mg. At the same time, I had a bone density test via my gynecologist and the result was normal. But my doctor said she was going to put me on Actonel anyway, just in case. That same medication that can cause jaw bones and thigh bones to break. And I didn't even need it!
That was it! I never went back.
