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What Causes Headaches And Lower Backache While On Pravastatin?

I ve been taking pravastatin sodium tablets 10 my for a couple of weeks. Told my doctor I couldn t take stations. Because when I took lovastatin few years ago my legs especially my knees would hurt so bad I wouldn t want to get up of the mornings. Doctor told me this was a statin that was less likely to cause a problem. So I said I would try it. First started having mild headache, ok, now my legs and knees hurt and now my mid back down to lower back hurts. Will I be ok or should I go to emergency room at hospital???
Fri, 29 Jun 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

We will try to help you in best way possible. First of all it's sad to know what you had been going through lately. Based on the history you have shared, it should be evaluated with a baseline blood work up along with serum creatinine kinase levels alongside other muscle enzymes as well as LDH as statins are notorious to cause myopathy in some individuals so it should be evaluated. Uric acid levels may also be done to rule out other possibilities like gout. Drink more water, stop statin and consult your nearest medical facility for the said work up.

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What Causes Headaches And Lower Backache While On Pravastatin?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. We will try to help you in best way possible. First of all it s sad to know what you had been going through lately. Based on the history you have shared, it should be evaluated with a baseline blood work up along with serum creatinine kinase levels alongside other muscle enzymes as well as LDH as statins are notorious to cause myopathy in some individuals so it should be evaluated. Uric acid levels may also be done to rule out other possibilities like gout. Drink more water, stop statin and consult your nearest medical facility for the said work up. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.