the number who complained of muscle aches in the statin group was identical to the number complained of muscle aches in the placebo group so the conclusion is in our age everybody's got muscle aches right and we like to blame it on something so patients like to blame it on these statins but the stands really don't cause muscle aches a lot more than than not taking a statin there's some very small risk it's gonna irritate the liver so you need to check blood tests periodically to make sure that it's not doing that but most people tolerate