Statin discontinued due to neuropathy. What are some alternatives?

molly7234,

Can you provide citations for those studies in Europe?

decopainter,

I am assuming you tried several different statins? There are several versions.

How about injectables that are now available?

rlh,

Can you provide citations to and urls of, the research you mention regarding statin use?

Further, given the need to be clear, can you provide before and after lipid panel, weight, age, BP (are you taking BP med?) numbers? All these bear on your condition and path to improved health.

Google Dr Ken Berry statins. In the comments section he cites the research that he bases his recommendations upon. There are also numerous other doctors who post to you tube. Unfortunately it is a controversial topic and you will find both sides of the issue. In my own experience my neuropathy came on after being on statins for several months.

Yeah - no. I don’t do YouTube doctors.

decopainter,
While it nice of you to share your thoughts, most of what you shared doesn't make much sense ... you do not specify which advanced lipid test was a 4 ... or, why the doctor said he "prefers 3.5" - or, not sure what a calcium score of 1.2 would be since they don't have decimal places, or, why would you categorize something by saying at "great risk," or why you think doctors would be making the broad assessments on cholesterol you note since they are scientists and very bright, and really why you have bought into this weird anti-statin thing ... in summary, you do not sound like someone who should be making statements like you make ...

So, please folks, talk to your doctors - if you are unsure, seek second opinions from other doctors - NOT, online on forums.

I'm sorry, but good grief!

One thing that my doctor told me was if you drink coffee for one cup of coffee you have to drink two cups of water be sure to drink plenty of water there's plenty of diet change that you can make that will improve your cholesterol that will improve your LDL and your HDL berries blueberries mixed berries avocados spinach go on a just tweak these things you don't have to change overnight little changes make big differences I have went from a 6.4 A1c to a 6.1 and I've also improved my cholest both of my cholesterols by just making small changes don't eat white bread make sure you're eating good whole grains I eat oatmeal every morning for breakfast I do have some bad habits of eating chocolate and drinking coffee then I'm battling coffee is not good for you if you're a diabetic with neuropathy it helps if you don't if you're not a diabetic but once you have diabetes and neuropathy is it's too acidic and it does it's a stimulant and it's not good for your nerves you can you can take Lifestyle Changes exercise is very big there's all kinds of things you can do besides taking the statins the doctors have tried to get me to take statins every every time I go in it seems like they want to try me on a different Statin I took metformin and it hurt me I believe I took phenofibrate and I couldn't tolerate that I took a Statin at and then it hurt really bad trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding and all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path he's a great physician he uses doctors to help us but doctors make mistakes I was misdiagnosed for 4 years they said I had depression when it was anxiety I even got shock treatments which were no help at all I'm the Lord finally after four or five hospitalization sent me a doctor that help me put me on the right medication that I've taken for about 30 years with no problems and I still take it I take less than what I did when I started everyone said I would have to keep taking more and more but the Lord has helped me he's a great physician he died on the cross for our sins he loves us he will use any sickness or any kind of a problem in our life to get us to look to him as our savior and our God he died for us and he is God and he will help us he does love us and turn to him and in Jesus in Jesus name

cgs,

Metformin is used to treat high sugar levels ...

Phenofibrate is not a statin - comparison - https://www.uclahealth.org/news/ask-the-doctors-which-are-better-for-cholesterol-statins-or-fibrates

You mention taking a statin or trying different ones, but don't say which ones.

First, a good-news article from NPR:

Got muscle pain from statins? A cholesterol-lowering alternative might be for you

March 13, 20235:00 AM ET
Heard on Morning Edition

When the FDA approved bempedoic acid, marketed under the brand name Nexletol, back in 2020, it was clear that the drug helped lower LDL — "bad" cholesterol. The drug was intended for people who can't tolerate statin medications due to muscle pain, which is a side effect reported by up to 29% of people who take statins.

What was unknown until now, is whether bempedoic acid also reduced the risk of cardiovascular events. Now, the results of a randomized, controlled trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine point to significant benefit. The study included about 14,000 people, all of whom were statin intolerant. "The big effect was on heart attacks," says study author Dr. Steven Nissen of Cleveland Clinic.

People who took daily doses of bempedoic acid for more than three years had about a 23% lower risk of having a heart attack, in that period, compared to those taking a placebo. There was also a 19% reduction in coronary revascularizations, which are procedures that restore blood flow to the heart, such as a bypass operation or stenting to open arteries.

With these findings, the benefits of the medication are now clearer, says Dr. John Alexander, a cardiologist and professor at Duke University. "Bempedoic acid has now entered the list of evidence-based alternatives to statins,"