How to Fight Fatigue With Statin Drugs

While many people taking cholesterol statin drugs have reported fatigue--and at least one research study shows there might be a link--a lot of doctors are still uncomfortable with asserting a correlation between statins and fatigue. You may discover that your doctor is one of the reluctant ones. If so, there are medical professionals out there who are aware of this potential, and they're not hard to find. There's also at least one vitamin remedy that may help.

Things You'll Need

• Phone
• Doctor
• Vitamin D (optional)

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Instructions

Directions

• 1

  Call your doctor and tell him that you are experiencing fatigue. If he dismisses your concerns, proceed to step 2.

• 2

  Continue taking your statins, but research doctors in your area or beyond in order to find one who does believe statins cause fatigue, and get a second opinion from one of these doctors.

• 3

  Listen to your new doctor's advice. If he advises you to stop taking statins, be wary and seek an opinion from yet another doctor or return to your original doctor.

• 4

  Ask your new doctor (or your original one) if you can take vitamin D, and use the following article to support your argument:
  http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=98482
  If he is not convinced, it may be best to listen to him for now--until you find a better path.