I looked all over the web last night for a Merck / MSP Singapore site
where I could list my symptoms and see if they are the kinds of
symptoms I should be concerned about since I started taking Zetia
three months ago. I couldn't find one and nobody mans the phones at
that place at 1 a.m. EST. Since I have free long distance I would have
called a Singapore number (where the workday had already begun) but I
guess they couldn't find anyone who speaks English there -- my logic
as to why they didn't post a Singapore number.

My symptoms:

1.) Pain in my left hand occurs every time I hold a cell phone or PDA
for 20 minutes or longer.
2.) Morning leg cramps are much more severe and much more frequent
than they have ever been.
3.) Sometimes reaching for sometime with my left hand causes
excruciating pain in my right arm.

I have only noticed #2 and #3 during the last week. I noticed symptom
#1 started about 2 months ago. I saw my doctor last week and she said
it sounds like you I be developing arthritis.

I accepted that but now that symptoms #2 and #3 have shown up I am
wondering if the pains could be Zetia related?

My rationalization goes like this: I am getting older (56) and
arthritis is starting. I hardly ever eat bananas anymore, the last one
was at least six months ago, so maybe I have low potassium now. That
would explain my frequent leg cramps. The severe arm pain was probably
a combination of old age and reaching to turn off a light from a
position in bed where getting to the light was quite a stretch.

Or, maybe it is the Zetia that I take with Gemfibrozil every day?

What do you think?

Thanks.

Jan