can statins cause muscle cramps in legs
If therapy is stopped, these benefits will be lost and cholesterol levels will return to pretreatment levels. Statins have several effects on muscle. They can cause muscle and leg cramps, myalgia (muscle pain), myositis (muscle inflammation) and rhabdomyolysis (Muscle breakdown). Rhabdomyolysis is a serious condition that often starts as muscle pain and may result ultimately in kidney failure.