Also: from the pharmacist, not the doc, take your statins in the evening, when your body is making cholesterol... yes, I moved from a 5mg dose to 10, as I began experiencing more heart symptoms... now gone, too. LOTS of exercise and little diet tweaks. Lost 11 pounds and feel much better. My mother eats butter and all sorts and is a healthy 89. But both of my grandmothers had strokes and angina... Thank you for sharing your experience, Bebe!