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Your Health: Do statins cause leg cramps?

Joe and Teresa Graedon
Nov 29, 2020
Nov 29, 2020

Graedons — Joe Graedon and Dr. Teresa Graedon
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Question: I was on rosuvastatin for eight months. During that time, I repeatedly complained to my doctor about severe leg cramps. They finally got so bad that he let me stop the statin.

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Joe Graedon is a pharmacologist; Dr. Teresa Graedon is a medical anthropologist and nutrition expert. Questions for the Graedons can be sent to them using their website, www.peoplespharmacy.com, or by writing to the following address: Graedons’ People’s Pharmacy, King Features, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803.