Patients Who Develop Muscle Pain and Weakness When Taking Drugs

Patients who develop muscle pain and weakness when taking drugs that lower lipids such as atorvastatin (Lipitor) and simvastatin (Zocor) :

A) should continue on the lipid lowering drugs because these muscle symptoms are usually not severe.
B) should continue on the lipid lowering drugs,but resolve the muscle pain through strenuous resistance exercises.
C) should continue on the lipid lowering drugs,but take an analgesic such as aspirin to control the pain.
D) should be removed immediately from the drug because these symptoms may represent potentially serious myopathies.
E) none of the above;these drugs are not associated with muscle pain or weakness