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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Lifestyle
Cian O'Broin

Man no longer able to walk after using common medication for high cholesterol

A man has been left unable to walk after taking meds for high cholesterol causing him to develop a rare muscle-weakening condition, he claims.

Mark Freeman, who hails from Wales, began popping the medication four years ago and had no issues until he started to struggled to get up in the morning time.

He experienced fevers, muscle aches and a heightened temperature at night and, over nine months, no longer had his ability to walk, had to leave his job and now has to use a wheelchair, The Mirror reported.

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