For those who the statins help, and who can tolerate them they are a good drug. I have been through all of them. I am one of the very few people who has increased tinnitus from the statins. My tinnitus ratcheted up so badly I thought other people must surely hear the ringing. It was to the point I was having trouble sleeping. I thought I had found the answer when we hit the 4th statin, then I started having nightly dreams, very vivid dreams, the type that wake you up wondering what the hell just happened.
So now, I continue to do the old standby, gemfibrozil and have recently added zetia to it, watch my diet, (not sure that really matters in my case), and try to exercise at least 20 minutes daily. I believe it is inevitable I will have a heart attack, I am just trying to put it off as long as I can.
bob