Patients Who Develop Muscle Pain and Weakness When Taking Lipid

Patients who develop muscle pain and weakness when taking lipid lowering drugs such as atorvastatin (Lipitor) and simvastatin (Zocor)

A) should continue on the lipid lowering drugs because these muscle symptoms are usually not severe
B) should continue on the lipid lowering drugs but resolve the muscle pain through strenuous resistance exercises
C) should continue on the lipid lowering drugs but take an analgesic such as aspirin to control the pain
D) should be removed immediately from the drug because these symptoms may represent potentially serious myopathies
E) these drugs are not associated with muscle pain or weakness