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I can barely walk now i exercise regularly but i been takung pravstatun 80 mg for awhile now at few years my legs are very weak can barely stand walk?

3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Contact doctor: Maybe several causes for leg weakness, such as neck problem compressing spinal cord. But you take a statin, which can cause muscle weakness, and rarely even peripheral neuropathy. Contact your doctor as this does need to be addressed. In meantime, you could supplement CoQ-10, but that would be a modest intervention at best.

Answered 11/27/2017

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Statins: Can interfere with muscle function, I would supplement with coenzyme q10 and inform my doc and consider stoping the pravastatin.

Answered 5/18/2016

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