Cure is worse than the disease...Why would a doctor prescribe a statin drug AGAIN when the first course had debilitating side effects?

Maybe Angel JR can talk about this. I was an IDIOT to do it, but since my numbers are so high, i tried it. The first time I was diagnosed with high cholesterol and triglycerides, I was prescribed LIPITOR. I had serious muscle pain and weakness almost immediately, and i got off of it. Thats was a year ago. I DID cut down on SOME things diet wise, but was NOT very disciplined, so therefore the numbers were not better a year later.

So my Doctor, in his INFINITE wisdom prescribed YET ANOTHER statin drug. Guess what? This one made me ill immediately, and came to a head last nigh when I experienced chest pain, leg back and arm cramps, abdominal pain and the return of Acid Reflux that I had thought was cured last year.

NOW WHAT? The drug companies claim about 3% (THERES THAT FRIGGING NUMBER AGAIN!!!) suffer from the side effects, but further research indicates some doctors have the numbers more like 30%. It appears that there are (non-FDA) natural treatments out there such as Red Yeast Rice, Fish Oil and CoQ10 supplements. I may have to investigate that route.