Statin discontinued due to neuropathy. What are some alternatives?

Hello Lorraine, I am at a lose as to what you mean "we lost most support and pain meds in 2016." I have CIPN and am under Palliative Care, but since I am in remission I don't know how long I will receive a prescription for 20mg of Oxycodone. I am already having a hard time if I go 1 day before the 30 are up. Long/Short story the recorded message at pharmacy said my prescription was ready I went following day and pharmacy said I have to wait till following day. I'm sure my CIPN understood that. I am in NC so we don't have medical marijuana but do have tons of CBD clinics even the gas stations sell it. I wake up some mornings 2am,3am, & 5am and just walk in my dark house & pray. So maybe I should try some natural remedies, but the pain meds do work for me where I can enjoy parts of my life that having SCLC took away from me last summer. I might not make another summer so I want to enjoy this one. God Bless you & keep you pain free (or pain minimal) Anne

@lvnv89131, You will be able to add URLs to your posts in a few days. There is a brief period where new members can't post links. We do this to deter spammers and keep the community safe. Clearly the links you wanted to post are not spam. Please allow me to post them for you.

Research related to plant sterols and stanols and policosanol for reducing cholesterol and LDL:
- LDL-Cholesterol Lowering of Plant Sterols and Stanols—Which Factors Influence Their Efficacy? (2018) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6163911/
- Efficacy and safety of plant stanols and sterols in the management of blood cholesterol levels (2003) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12911045/
- Plant sterols/stanols as cholesterol lowering agents: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (2008) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2596710/
- Effects of policosanol 20 versus 40 mg/day in the treatment of patients with type II hypercholesterolemia: a 6-month double-blind study (2001) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11708574/
- Effects of policosanol on older patients with hypertension and type II hypercholesterolaemia (2002) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12099160/

Thank you so much for your explanation regarding links as well as for posting them. Although I was using the sterols/stanols and almost ready to begin with the policosanol, I'm now focusing my attention more on Sytrinol which seems to have more unanimous support and reproducible results with less side effects although the previously mentioned had few. Sytrinol is also very similar to the Citrus Bergamot many have mentioned but appears to be more specific acting with less dosage and potential side effects, at least from my research. I later found that there was some debate but not completely dismissive of the policosanol as it seemed to mostly if not solely be based on Cuban Trials which seemed not being able to be reproduced by others and also there's some debate as to the whether policosanol has to be solely sourced from sugar cane wax or can be obtained from insects or rice sources? I've also found substantial information regarding the effectiveness of pantethine, the more refined version of Vitamin B5 pantothenic acid and it's broad spectrum reduction of cholesterol as well as it's role in the balance and regulation of cortisol and adrenaline which I also believe is significant in my issues with palpitations and adrenaline type rushes. I may add the policosanol into the Sytrinol regimen after giving it some time to verify the results of cholesterol values for possible synergistic/additive reduction.

I’m sorry…no. I judged the products based on my own research and Amazon reviews. I’ll have my cholesterol rechecked in a few months. Im using Citrus Bergamot, which lowers cholesterol and so far my blood pressure has dropped significantly.

I stopped taking rosuvaststin . I was told by my cardiologist that it caused my neuropathy.

I googled 'citrus bergamot research' and came up with a long list of studies done on the citrus bergamot essential oil. One of them was a study of adding the oil to chicken feed, and the yolk of those chickens' eggs had a markedly reduced amount of cholesterol and the shell was stronger. I was surprised that no human studies showed up and no studies on the supplement in pill form. My son in Australia has been using the citrus bergamot for years on the advice of his physician, who was involved in some sort of research. My own experience has been a marked reduction in triglycerides and increase in "good" cholesterol. The reduction in "bad" cholesterol was not as significant.

I tried all of those things to reduce my cholesterol, and they all worked. I started with taking Citrus Bergamot, which improved my numbers. I have been very good about my diet for years, but I decided to cut red meat and anything made with white flour. Again, my numbers improved. The biggest improvement occurred when my son asked me to take care of his dog while his family was traveling for several months. I took her for two long daily walks and two short ones. That produced the greatest positive change of all. I am currently using more olive oil, since I read that it is rich in polyphenols (as is the Citrus Bergamot) and is featured in the Mediterranean Diet that is the only diet that consistently shows up as a star among healthy diets. I should also mention that I am sugar sensitive (though my tests are always normal) and as I aged, I would get hangover-type symptoms every time I had a piece of cake or any sugary dessert. So I have avoided sugar for years. Something that is well known in the medical community, but never mentioned on cooking shows, is that sugar is the biggest cause of inflammation, which in turn is a cause for heart disease. A side effect of banishing sugar is that the arthritis, that had just begun to appear in my fingers, completely disappeared.

Thank you very much for this information. I’m on an immunosuppressant med that raises my cholesterol. Similar to you, I don’t do meat, white flour, or refined sugars, and I try to walk at least two hours a day. But, nothing has helped. I’ll try the citrus bergamot!

I was just put on repatha an injection every two weeks Not a statin but still my muscles ache.

I’d been taking 20 mg. of Rosuvastatin a day for about a year before being diagnosed with neuropathy and I haven’t noticed any ill effects since I started taking gabapentin.