high cholesterol
"Was prescribed simvastatin, but after taking it for 6 weeks I became very ill (freezing cold and shivering) and not really knowing what was happening to me. After visit to doctors was admitted to hospital as emergency with liver problems. After blood tests the nurse confirmed it was the simvastatin that caused the problems. It made me diabetic, in fact caused everything in my body to malfunction. So pleased I stopped taking it immediately. It caused bile and biliribin levels to go through the roof. Happily after six months and operation for blocked bile ducts, everything has slowly got back to normal (not diabetic now either)."