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Neuropathy | Last Active: Jun 19 12:24pm | Replies (135)Comment receiving replies
I intend to ask my cardiologist if there might be an alternative to statins on the assumption that they might be largely responsible for this blinking neuropathy. Maybe there’s an analog drug with a different chemical structure? Of course there are likely risks to consider - maybe unknown. Any thoughts?
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My neuropathy definitely started with statins. Trouble was, none of the docs believed me. Not much can be done now. I’m not going to let some new fellow practicing neurology on me.
Vitamin B3 ( niacin) the prescription strength is niaspan. Ask your doctor about starting at 500mg. No prescription required. Niacin may cause flushing in face not harmful just brief weird feeling. My doctor told me to stop statin because it was harmful
I tried repatha an injection non statin but side effects were the same muscle pain so I went back to statin still feel it may be cause my neuropathy
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I don’t know what you are trying to lower, my guess is LDL. There are numerous non-statin drugs out there. Your Internal Medicine doctor will know. In re statins causing neuropathy, that would take a great deal of research, but I am sure your Mayo neurologist can answer that as well.