Statins are a 'modern effective therapy' - and 'not to blame for muscle aches and pains'

People complaining of muscle aches and pains while taking statins became a bit of a “thing” but I always doubted it was due to the drugs themselves.

So many people believed there was a link that a new word, “nocebo”, was coined to describe where people got a side effect after reading about it.

But a new study from Oxford ­University now shows definitively that statin therapies aren’t the cause of muscle pain in more than 90% of those who experience symptoms.