Taking statins without Co-Q 10 can cause severe muscle pain and weakness. Co-Q 10 is made naturally by the body and depleted by statins. I personally do not like statins, but you have to take a statin you must take Co-Q 10 with it .

I agree. I had aches and quit statin and everything went away. I feel great, but my cholesterol is high. I would rather feel great than worry about the high cholesterol. I try to watch my diet.

I can’t recall which meds I was taking for high cholesterol but the first one I was on made my hips hurt so bad I could hardly get out of my car. I would consult your doctor and get on another med for cholesterol and see how that does.
Hope you find relief.
Paul
57 yrs young

How long after you start taking D3 supplements should you have your blood levels retested? How long should it take to see better results? Thank you!

I’m so sorry this happened to you. You would think your doctor would be very concerned at this outcome. I’ve never heard of anyone taking 50000 iu of D3. I agree with others, that amount of anything would probably throw your system out of whack. Please ask for a new doctor.

This is anecdotal but my mother-in-law broke her hip and the team helping her after her hip operation, found out her doctor had prescribed about 13 Rx’s even blood pressure meds! They took her off of everything even the blood pressure meds and she’s 95 and isn’t taking any medications now. She was not on blood pressure meds caused by obesity either. She was normal weight. She didn’t need any of the 13 medications that had been prescribed to her!

If you can afford it, you should find a holistic doctor who specializes in supplements and also how they react with pharm medications. I don’t think it’s surprising when doctors make mistakes with supplements because it takes years to research and study supplements and few doctors can afford to put in the time with their schedules. They put their study time into pharmaceuticals.

My gyn who is supposed to be a mid-life specialist (at a big research hospital) has NO clue about vitamins or supplements. She’s also reads my bone density test results and unfortunately she gives out wrong advice on bones. She only recommends calcium. I can’t take calcium, it doesn’t sit well. So, on my own, I researched and started a regiment of D3 2000 a day along with K2 and my Dex scan showed bone growth. She was surprised and yet she didn’t even ask me if I was doing anything different. I told her about the D3 and K2 and she said nothing.

I have asked other women if they’ve been told about D3 and K2 from their doctors and all of them have said, ‘no’.

But my doctor is an expert on Pharmaceutical drugs! The Pharm Reps are always in the halls of this office chatting up the nurses while waiting to talk to the doctors. The system is unbalanced in this regard. Supplements should not be ignored by the medical community. Some supplements work and are less harmful (and less expensive) than pharmaceuticals and it’s a disservice to ignore the research.

I had severe night pains that effected various parts of my legs and my hips. The pains felt like they were in my bones. Doctors could not explain them because I was healthy otherwise. Througb the process of supplement elimination and adding back one at a time, I learned that vitamin D3 at 5 to 6000 iu daily was the sole cause. I now take 1 to 2000 and not even daily. My blood levels test within the optimal range. Several years ago i took blood thinners for a year without aide affects. Good luck to yoi.