I worked in the Pharma industry for a number of years, both as a rep and manager and sold statins. We had to learn about these drugs inside and out as managers and from that experience I can tell you that I will NEVER take statins... body and bone aches, rhabdomylosis, liver damage all are real possibilities.
No one talks about deaths caused by the most popular statins on the market, but they are there.
Additionally, there are numerous studies that show that low cholesterol levels can affect the production and repair of the myelin sheaths around nerve fibers... so one has to wonder if the guideline suggested by Big Pharma and adopted by doctors to get cholesterol levels below 100 can lead to other issues like dementia and Alzheimers?
I'm surprised they didn't tell you that CoQ10 will prevent/treat the myalgias (for many people, including me), and that rhabdomyolysis will not occur unless untreated muscle pain precede it, and the liver damage is easy to monitor for and testing generally isn't even done frequently anymore because damage is much less prevalent than was thought earlier. But I agree on the undesirability of over-treatment, of pretty much anything.
I met a woman at a trade school who told me her cholesterol was 60. She was nuttier than a fruitcake, and she was depressed all the time.
I have heard before that very low cholesterol can lead to dementia and depression.