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Severe Pain In Upper Left Arm, Lost The Use Of Right Arm. Pulled Of Lipator, Put On Chestor. Reasons ?

I have lost the use of my right arm , But have no pain at all.But my upper left arm is in very severe pain. I had been told that I my have myopathy associated with statin use.Could I? My Doctor had me on lipator He did a blood test . found out that something that was not to be over 175 was at 490 and pulled me off lipator put me crestor. HELP !!!!
Fri, 23 Nov 2012
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Hi there,
Thank you for your question.
I think that the normal range that you mentioned is of the muscle enzyme CPK. There is a possibility that this rise could have been as a result of you being on lipitor. So your doctor did the right thing by taking you off it. Your symptoms should improve in due course of time after being off the drug which I am pretty hopeful they will.
At the present moment I would not worry too much about your symptoms and I do think that your weakness will improve.
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Severe Pain In Upper Left Arm, Lost The Use Of Right Arm. Pulled Of Lipator, Put On Chestor. Reasons ?

Hi there, Thank you for your question. I think that the normal range that you mentioned is of the muscle enzyme CPK. There is a possibility that this rise could have been as a result of you being on lipitor. So your doctor did the right thing by taking you off it. Your symptoms should improve in due course of time after being off the drug which I am pretty hopeful they will. At the present moment I would not worry too much about your symptoms and I do think that your weakness will improve. Kindest Regards