For a small number of people, statins can cause mild muscle aches. Sometimes that goes away when your doctor tweaks the dosage or switches you to another statin. In rare cases, statins cause severe muscle pain and your doctor will stop the drug immediately.
Statins might cause a slight uptick in blood sugar, but that does not cancel out the benefits for people with diabetes.
Despite what you may have heard or read, there is no evidence that statins cause cognitive decline or dementia, heart damage or cataracts.
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