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Neuropathy: Numbness only, no pain
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Steve, what made you think it was the simvastain that caused the neuropathy?
I have been taking 10 mg of Atorvatstatin (which I think must be like simvasstain, only a lesser dose) which I think is a generic name for "Lipitor" for about 4 years. My doctor told me it would probably make my ankles swell. Which it does. But I put my feet up for a few hours and that goes away, however, in addition to numbness in my feet at night, I have pain across the top front of both feet at the ankle level. This continues during the day. I use a topical gel on them (diclofenac sodium 1%) which helps and take Advil. I also get regular treatments at my hospital pain clinic for spinal stenosis (L4, L5 and sacroliliac).
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Hi,
Because I switched to Simvastin 9 years ago and the progression started then but it did not occur to me it was from statins.
I also read that Simvastin was the least of all the statins to be effective and can cause PN. Well, I am an example of that.
I also went to see a neurologist and looked at him point blank in the eye and he said I was correct but it is not really discussed.
Since then I have switched to Rosuvastatin. It has a prolong time of 14-17 hours so I take 10 mg every other day. I just had a LDL test yesterday and it was down from 153 to 73.
I also am taking niacin. It reduces LDL and does not cause PN.
I recently have been thinking that high LDL is not the as much as the issue but Inflammation of the arteries. I am doing more homework on how inflammation occurs in the arteries and the damage it may cause. I beginning to believe that inflammation can lead to strokes and heart attacks.