Erin Allman‑Updyke and Erin Welsh
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 4 Aug
Erin Allman‑Updyke and Erin Welsh’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The symptoms are absolutely real.
The nocebo effect does not mean that it's all in your head.
You're experiencing these symptoms.
They just might not always be caused by the drug itself.
Right.
It's not like there's a direct mechanistic link between the drug that is directly causing that muscle symptom necessarily.
Right.
But...
It could be.
It could be.
And so this is where it's really, really tricky to tease apart both the patient and provider.
And so it might be just like feel like the easiest course to go.
I'm just going to stop because I don't want to feel this way.
I don't want to.
I'm worried about this and this is hurting my quality of life.
I'm going to stop.
Other research has also shown that people who are exposed to more negative stories surrounding statins and side effects are more likely to discontinue use.
And I think that what's also at play here is, and we kind of touched on this, is that we don't feel high cholesterol.
We don't feel any different when our cholesterol is low.
But we do expect a lot of the time that the medications we take will make us feel different.
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