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Is there any connection with statin use and neuropathy?

Neuropathy | Last Active: May 21, 2023 | Replies (78)

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@elizabethaames

agree...Not even a year on this junk and I've already stopped Rosuvastatin which has given me massive neuropathy/tingling/cramping/numbness and pain impacting my mobility and as an athlete they seem to just shrug, like, "well, you're 63, and you've gotta be on something as it's genetic, so let's try a diff one..." So they want to try me on Atorvastatin next...Grrrrrrr...I did find a ton of data on the web about statins and causal links to PN, and they seem to think it could be 'reversible' but I'm seeing ZERO evidence of same so far...and have been off it a couple weeks entirely awaiting a re-eval 6/6...I'll take my chances in the interim as the docs have pharma as their 'go to' by default and it's infuriating...Here's the write up from NIH on both drugs showing 50% and almost 20%...with NP...NOT insignificant numbers for such severe side effects! https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31582682/#:~:text=Neuropathy%20was%20observed%20in%20a,group%20(p%3D0.030).

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Yes, thank you for your reply. I was on Simvastatin for years, and I think I became immune. I was switched over to
Rouvasstatin. I can’t remember the last time I felt well. On June 14 I’ll be getting a radiofrequency ablation in my spine. I pray for some relief.

Also, I found an article online from the Academy of Neurology dated 2002
in which it said that “statins may cause Peripheral Neuropathy.” The signs are all around
us, when will people start listening?

I’ll keep looking for a class action lawsuit I’ll have contacted a few attorneys but nothing yet. Maybe we should start one.

Sandra