The main harmful effects of taking simvastatin for a long time are that it tends to cause liver damage or lead to sore skeletal muscles. But it does not happen very often, and some mild ones can be improved if they persist in using the drug, and if they are more severe, they can be replaced with other lipid-lowering drugs.
1. Simvastatin is also one of the commonly used lipid-lowering drugs, statin lipid-lowering drugs are more common adverse reactions is liver damage, so in the period of use of the drug should pay attention to the regular review of liver function, if there is no clear damage to liver function in the first three months, generally to the later stage of the problem will not be too big.
2. In addition, there are some patients who may have muscle pain after taking the drug, the laboratory test suggests that the increase of creatine kinase, this situation is mainly caused by the damage of skeletal muscle cells, if you can not tolerate the drug can be discontinued or replaced with other lipid-lowering drugs, if the symptoms can be tolerated if the symptoms are mild, adhere to the medication for a period of time, and often can be relieved.
Statin drugs must be taken under the guidance of a doctor, in addition to the use of drugs during the regular hospital follow-up.