Statin discontinued due to neuropathy. What are some alternatives?

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.

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The medical answer to all high cholesterol seems to be to take statins. I took lipitor for a long while and my doc even put me on the highest dosage. i complained of muscle pain, lost energy, needing to sleep for an hour every morning and another in the afternoon, constant tiredness, water retention, etc. in short, my life was gonig down the toilet but the cardiologist insisted that the statins were great. I phased them out over 30 days, lost 45lbs over 6 months (so far), and have had work done to get my lymphatic system working again as it was shut down by the lipitor poison. i am now full of energy and enjoy life!!! my cholesterol is dropping slowly but this is not the issue - i understand from an honest doctor that inflammation is like a fire and cholesterol is the fire brigade. why would doctors reduce the fire brigade with statins and not address the fire? I need to get my triglycerides down as this is fat linked and not good. how can i achieve this and not have to take pill-poison?

to put this further into perspective, my cardiologist was talking of putting me on diabetes medicine also as my blood sugar was high @7.8. I refused and my sugar level has dropped to @5.9 and going down.

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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.

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Unfortunately there does seem to be a clear cut association between statins and neuropathy. The medical community continues to push statins as hard as they can, and if you raise the subject of neuropathy they will form a cross with there fingers. And run backwards.

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The reason for this is the protection afforded by statins is more important than your symptom’s which are treatable.

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My new doctor had me ditch the statin drug and go to vitamin B3 niacin as it does the same thing as a statin. There is a prescription strength called niaspan. Do the research and ask a doctor more attuned to natural remedies.

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The reason for this is the protection afforded by statins is more important than your symptom’s which are treatable.

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