My recollection from being prescribed a statin is that the doctor wanted me to see how I would "tolerate" it, and to let him know if I had any "muscle aches".

My recollection from being prescribed a statin is that the doctor wanted me to see how I would "tolerate" it, and to let him know if I had any "muscle aches". Hell, once I got past the age of 40 my muscles ache quite a bit some days. Is it coincidence or is it caused by the statin? This could be true with tiredness as well. As far as liver damage, yeah, that's got to be either a drug interaction or by bad behaviors (heavy drinking, etc).