"I was allergic to statins. It was already in my records."
Between my first and second heart surgery I could no longer walk 15 feet without excruciating pain. A statin allergy had been in my medical records for over 10 years. But they kept insisting I HAD to take them. They made me try 2 more statins just to 'prove' I was allergic. I spent 3 years needing a mobility cart just to get groceries...
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IT WAS IN YOUR RECORDS?? And they still made you try two more?? That's not medicine, that's stubbornness. Three years on a mobility cart because they couldn't be bothered to read your chart.
As a nurse, this infuriates me. Allergies are documented for a REASON. The number of times I've had to flag allergies that doctors overlooked is scary. Always advocate for yourself โ clearly this person had to.
Statins gave me fibromyalgia symptoms too! Years of pain before I figured out it was the medication. Doctors kept telling me it was in my head. It wasn't.