Perhaps this would be a good place for an honest discussion of just why it is that so many people turn to alternative medicine.

In my own case, I developed a statin-induced leg muscle problem that did not fully resolve after discontinuing the statin. My primary care doctor gave up and sent me to a specialist. The specialist gave up and sent me to physical therapy. The physical therapy was useless. I lived with the "unsolvable" and somewhat debilitating problem for over a year before somebody on a statin side-effects board suggested a very specific over-the-counter dietary supplement that turned out to completely relieve my symptoms. I have since found out that that supplement is routinely used in conventional medicine as part of the treatment for a family of muscle disorders. I still take it regularly over a year later because the muscle problems return rapidly if I stop taking it.

In summary, an alternative approach worked for me when my doctors didn't.

Anon 11:46, did you note how Anon 11:24 premised his/her statement that the cramps come back everytime the supplement is stopped?
Anon 11:24 wants to share the wealth of big pharma; perhaps preferring to suffer CVD consequences of dyslipidemia later instead of tolerating the "statin-induced leg muscle problem"?
Anon 11:24 - what supplement is it?

It's L-Carnitine.

Oh yeah, I'm dying of shame

which is more than oen can say about herbalist charlatans

People turn to alternative medicine for the same reason they turn to religion: reality is unfriendly. Cold, scientific reality is particularly unfriendly. CAM excels at telling people what they want to hear. CAM will never say "you have an average of 20 months to live". CAM will never say "there is no known effective treatment for this".