Originally Posted by
MoAlpha
It’s not a huge effect, but statins can do that.
I have eluded the family bugbears so far, but only by dint of large amounts of exercise since college and a careful diet over the last few years. I put on some weight and got borderline hypertensive for a while in my 50s, when career, kid, and dwindling parents piled up on me and exercise decreased.
My sister who had the collapse back in August was put on Lipitor - among other things - and had extreme muscle wasting. She's managed, over the last 3 months, to work her way back up to walking as far as 1.9 miles, but it's been a slog. I don't know why she was put on lipitor, but I suspect it's a case of too many cooks spoiling the brouhaha.