I started getting a LOT of leg cramps when swimming last year and have been trying to figure out what changed that may have caused this. I think I've narrowed it down - I started taking simvastatin within a few months of when I first noticed the increase in leg cramps. It's easy to pin that date down since I first really noticed the increase when I got a giant cramp diving in for the 400 IM at SC nationals last year! It's not very fun to swim that event in a big meet with a cramp the whole way.
I've been googling this and it seems that many people report leg cramp problems with statins. Neither my old doctor nor my new doctor suggested this as a possible cause when I complained about the unusual increase in cramping. Has anyone else out there experienced this?
For me a very small dose of Zocor (5mg) seems to have relieved some of my leg cramps.
I take it along with 100 mg niacin (not the slow release non flush kind) and a small aspirin.
There has been some PAD blockage in my legs (ankle cuff with sonar thingamajig technique), maybe they actually opened the pipes.
For me a very small dose of Zocor (5mg) seems to have relieved some of my leg cramps.
I take it along with 100 mg niacin (not the slow release non flush kind) and a small aspirin.
There has been some PAD blockage in my legs (ankle cuff with sonar thingamajig technique), maybe they actually opened the pipes.
