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Is my statin causing peripheral neuropathy?

Neuropathy | Last Active: Jun 26 1:58pm | Replies (90)
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@johnbishop

My neuropathy symptoms are not as bad as yours @aaroncush but I had that same discussion with several of my PCPs (get a new one every 2 or 3 years at my local Mayo family clinic). Most have been satisfied with my efforts on lowering my cholesterol numbers with diet and exercise.
The science is over my head but there is enough smoke on the topic to know there is a fire in there somewhere - https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0,24&qsp=1&q=statin+induced+neuropathy+myth+or+reality&qst=bh

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jeffrapp | @jeffrapp | Apr 23 2:24pm

I read the abstract of the article you posted. The message I got is that there is indeed smoke, but not enough evidence yet to know that there is a fire in there.
I faced the same dilemma, and discussed it with my PCP. I, like the poster above, argued that I'd rather face a heart attack than make my PN worse. She countered with what about a disabling stroke? Good point, and a lot worse than dying of a fatal heart attack, but I still decided to discontinue the statin

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