Ron Grant talks about how although statin therapy has been shown to reduce adverse events from cardiovascular disease that patients symptoms should be listened to.
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Ron, you're a patient advocate, you work in, you know, heart disease as well as other areas. There's a lot of controversy about statin use. There's a lot of controversy about statin. I'm on the understanding that it causes muscle wastage and aches and pains. It can do, it's not a common reaction but it is an understood reaction or consequence of statin use. And recent studies have shown that it is probably overestimated by patients. But you use statins and your experience, tell us about your experience. My experience is that I ended up having carpal tunnel. So basically I gave up statins with a consent I suppose to the consultant that spoke to me and said that statins were causing it. So I packed up taking statins and I feel much better for it. Okay, equally there are many many people on statins and benefiting from the reduction and stroke risk and heart problem risk without these symptoms I think it's important to make that point as well.
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