It caused gradual rise in blood sugar, which caused him to read about potential side effects after which he got cautious and decided that he wanted another way. Turns out rigorous working out was a good way to control cholesterol and he was determined he had stop the meds out of fear for future.

You can read about side effects of statins like lipitor, et cetera, it just scared him off and lead to exercising; which comes with a whole lotta benefits. Tbh I'm not really sure the side effects might've even been that drastic, but he didn't wanna take chances.

Side note: statins are a 20+ billion dollar industry. lipitor being a solid winner. Made my dad feel like there was no coming back once he was dependent on the statin.