A study by the University of California at San Diego, recently published in the journal Drug Safety, found that 87% of patients taking cholesterol-inhibiting statin drugs told their doctors about muscle pain, nerve tingling in the hands and feet, or memory problems — all potential side effects of the drugs — and over half the time, the doctor dismissed the complaints as unrelated to the statins."Person after person said their doctors told them symptoms like muscle pain could not have come from the drug," Dr. Beatrice Golomb, an associate professor of medicine and lead author of the study said, even though numerous published studies and prescribing guides cite such side effects as being common.
According to Golomb, patients were often told the drugs had no side effects, or that "you're just getting old" or "It's your imagination," according to an article by the Scripps Howard News Service.
Golomb said doctors were unlikely to file an "adverse event report" with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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