exercise for fear of causing muscle damage.After moderate exercise, the
muscles of statin-taking participants and control participants in the study
felt about the same.
However, high-intensity exercise for statin users is not recommended. Some
people on the cholesterol-lowering drug report experiencing muscle issues,
and may forgo physical activity that is important for their cardiovascular
health.The study finds that statin users, whether they do or do not have
muscle problems, experience the same muscle-related effects from
moderate-intensity exercise. .
After such exercise, temporary muscle pain and fatigue are common for
anyone. This is also true for people on statins. Study participants who
took statins, however, took a little longer to recover than did people in
the study’s control group.
This study investigated the effects of moderate-intensity exercise. Other
research has cautioned that eccentric, or high-intensity, exercise carries
a greater risk of skeletal muscle injuries for people on statins.The recent
findings appear in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
