Anyone on this board take Simvastatin?

cantleave

If so do you get a pain in your hands at the base of the Thumb? I have spoken a few user who have found this, just wondering how prevalent this is.
nicolaou

Hmmm. Been taking Simvastatin for a couple of years with no side effects at all. Hope you aren't suffering too much.
cantleave

Nugget (Mrs Cantleave) has been taking it for two years, they have just changed the packaging and the pain seems to have coincided with this change. She is in a lot a pain and will be seeing the Doc in the next few days.
tenyearsafter

Took it for several years with no probs...now taking Crestor. Any statin drug can cause muscle weakness and pain...one of the side effects you should tell your Dr. about...I have never heard of localized thumb pain associated with statins.