Do statins negatively impact exercise?

Statins decrease cardiovascular events.  Exercise improves both the quantity and quality of life.  But some patients experience difficulty exercising while on statins. Here are a couple of articles: Men Who Take Statins May Exercise Less What You Don’t Know About Statins and Exercise Can Hurt You We rarely hear about this conundrum from cardiologists or cholesterol experts, but we do hear from our friends who take statins.  While I greatly favor statins for secondary prevention, this conundrum defines a major problem in primary prevention.  When the only reason to take a statin is your age (check the latest calculator) should we take statins or exercise.  The many benefits of exercise likely outweigh the impact of a medication in otherwise healthy adults. Current guidelines do not, I believe, address this conundrum.  I would love to hear from both patients and physicians on how they view this question.
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