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Possible Rare Condition or Just Chronic Pain?

Chronic Pain | Last Active: Nov 19, 2021 | Replies (27)

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@jragu

My cholesterol medicine that I am now taking is Pravastatin. Please let me know if this might be relevance to my legs. I am not taking any other prescription medicine. I only take over the counter vitamin, etc.

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@jragu, This is something you should discuss with your doctor like I did with mine. There is evidence linking statins with neuropathy but there are risks with not taking the drug based on your health condition and other factors. There may also be lifestyle and diet changes that you can make so that the need to take the drug is not needed which is something else to discuss with your doctor. Here is some specific information you can take to your doctor and have the discussion along with the previous links I shared in my above post.

"PRAVASTATIN SODIUM Side Effects by Likelihood and Severity ... a painful condition that affects the nerves in the legs and arms called peripheral neuropathy ..." --- Common and Rare Side Effects for pravastatin oral - WebMD: https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-6989/pravastatin-oral/details/list-sideeffects