<s>[INST] I have coronary heart disease for many years and have been on statins all that time. Recently my PCP took me off the statins, and now after three months I am having chest, left arm pain. Can being off the statins be enough time for the cholesterol deposits to increase enough to cause this pain? [/INST] your pain is not because you stopped statins.but it's definitely an important symptom for you to visit your cardiologist and get a check up done.get a ECG done and see if there are any new changes in that as compare to previous one.you might need to go for a TMT as well. Don't ignore your symptoms,specially when already have coronary artery disease. </s>