According to the patient's condition with cholesterol, if it is chronic, there are no side effects.. because leaving the treatment will increase the level of cholesterol in the blood and have more side effects.. Best regards

Dear Prof Parisa, very well done!, I am not agree with Dr Shakir as these drugs can damage the liver easily, just like m,any other synthetic chemical compounds and some changing in diet just like adding garlic and Ginger,.... can reduce the Cholesterol level in blood easily!

Thanks again for your sharing excellent scientific discussion.

Reported many blood sugar or type 2 diabetes!

Dear Dr Sara, I agree with you

Appreciate dear Prof Parisa Ziarati!

Exercise is the best solution in this case!

Every medicine has its own side effect specially in long time taking period.

I agree with Sepideh Tajik. I would add that the intensity of side effects of medicine also depends on the dosage.

Agreed with dear Dr Sara, Sepideh and Armaghan.

Thanks for very useful discussion dear Prof Parisa Ziarati!

Agree with unpleasant side effects and vote to more physical activities and changing diet

Dear Dr Parisa Ziarati . There are a lot of side effects ( muscle, liver, diabetic, neurological, .. etc), Especially the medicine statins . See the following useful RG link: Article Statins: Pros and cons

Kindly see also the following useful RG link: Article Statins for primary prevention: causing more harm than good?

Also check please the following useful RG link: Article Statin Toxicity: Mechanistic Insights and Clinical Implications

The following RG link is also very useful: Article Statin Therapy: Review of Safety and Potential Side Effects

Check please also the following very good RG link: Article The effects of statins on dental and oral health: a review o...

As you asked to share only our own experiences, would like to add that I believe in what Dr Sepedih Tajik mentioned , while have seen it in my family health profile

Hyperglycemia

Following this valuable discussion

Investigative journalist from Australia, Dr Maryanne Demasi, looked into the defective approval process for Statins with two other leading scientists and published the results. This attracted much media attention at the time.

https://ebm.bmj.com/content/26/4/162

Dear Prof Pain

This site, just like many others is filtered and not available for us, would you please kindly write about the results.

I would be grateful!

This presentation by Dr Maryanne Demasi has been viewed by 1,390,500 people so far and will I think be more useful than the BMJ paper behind the paywall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzTjPuikhQE

Thanks dear prof Parisa Ziarati, for sharing this research.

Thanks dear Parisa Ziarati,

Side effects of anti-cholesterol drugs:

• Muscle pain and damage. One of the most common complaints of people taking statins is muscle pain. ...
• Liver damage. Occasionally, statin use could cause an increase in the level of enzymes that signal liver inflammation. ...
• Increased blood sugar or type 2 diabetes. ...
• Neurological side effects.

When someone prescribes to you an anti drug (with known or suspected after effects) take only half of what it says. Then its effects are minimized. That is what I did. Eventually, the doctor agreed!

• It can cause muscle pain and damage. .
• Can damage the Liver.
• It can increased blood sugar or type 2 diabetes. ...
• Neurological side effects

• Side effects of anti-cholesterol drug: such as stomach cramps, dizziness, muscle soreness, pain, or weakness, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, headache, dizziness.
• Statins are the common prescribed drug. Statins can cause severe side effects like muscle damage and liver damage.

in major cases, anti cholesterol drugs required pain killer as supplementary dose.the pain killers causes slow heart attack or the living human could not feel the heart ache.

in spite of anti cholesterol drug one can go for natural remedies to reduce cholesterol.