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Neuropathy | Last Active: Mar 16 7:58pm | Replies (32)Comment receiving replies
While Repatha is not a statin it affects your nerves. I apologize for putting it in the same category but since it affects the nervous system I threw it in. Once again I apologize. There are several articles about Repatha and the nervous system if you google it. This below is not the only article. A lot of this article is hard to read if you are not in the medical field.
Repatha and the nervous system
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227523000998
BBB-blood brain barrier
Etiology-cause
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7892743/
https://www.neurores.org/index.php/neurores/article/view/552/508#:~:text=While%20on%20Praluent%2C%20patient%20developed,then%20progressed%20to%20thighs%20bilaterally.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336434824_Chronic_Inflammatory_Demyelinating_Polyradiculoneuropathy_Association_With_Low_Cholesterol_Levels_A_Case_Report_in_a_Patient_Taking_PCSK9_Inhibitor
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I scanned the first article you posted above. I didn't read the whole thing. I agree that it is hard to read even if you are in the medical field. However, I don't agree with you referencing it in this discussion, which is about, in part, the possibility of cholesterol lowering drugs causing PN.
My reading of this article is that there is no proven relationship. In fact, I think that they may be implying that there may be a therapeutic relationship to be discovered in the future.
If I am correct, then this is another example of well meaning people posting things that may scare off people from proven treatments because of rumored, low probability or incorrectly stated side effects.