I'm hoping some of you can relate and respond to this issue. I've posted about this before but I am now convinced that the 40mg of the statin I've been taking daily for about 2 months has dramatically changed the way my gut processes things. For 15 years I've needed to take a minimum of 6 Lomotil daily to slow things down enough to be pooping out pancake mix consistency. Since I began with the statin everything has changed. I never need more than 1 Lomotil daily and even with only 1 my stools are almost all well formed, no looseness at all. There is a smidgen of stuff on the Internet reporting that constipation can be a side effect but the evidence is flimsy at best. However since nothing else has changed, and since a scan found absolutely no blockage or any other issue, I have to conclude that the statin has somehow dramatically slowed things down for me. It's strange for me but it's an extraordinary side effect. So, has anyone else experience something similar. Thanks all. Jeff
PS: I developed colitis about one week after quitting smoking in 1987. At that time the connection between smoking cessation and the onset of colitis was not well researched. A few years later there were numerous reports of the connection. The point being that just because there doesn't appear to be a connection does not mean their isn't one.
