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Do you know if there are side affects to in the long term use of simvastatin, or any of the statin drugs?
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Extremely safe: About 1 in 100,000 can get serious liver injury or rhabdomyolysis. These are the only serious long term side effects. There is a slightly increased incidence of diabetes which is out weighed by the benefit. The commonest side effect, muscle aching, occurs in about 1 in 10 but resolves with withdrawal of the medicine.
Answered 9/19/2016
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Statin: Glucose intolerance, impaired exercise training and muscle aches have all been reported.
Answered 6/16/2013
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