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Statin discontinued due to neuropathy. What are some alternatives?

Posted by Nazir Khan @nukhan, Jan 19, 2020

I have been using Lipitor since 2007 for lowering my cholesterol which is on the list of those medicines that are suspected to cause neuropathy. I am thinking of discontinuing this menace but before doing so want to check with those members who have discontinued using statin and what is their experience. What alternative methods have they since adopted for lowering their cholesterol .. diet, alternative medication, exercise or anything else ?

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tugrul | @tugrul | 4 days ago
In reply to @mamamarch "I've attach a screen shot from some of my previous "research" that may help. There are..." + (show)
@mamamarch

I've attach a screen shot from some of my previous "research" that may help. There are some statins that are less likely to exacerbate the neuropathy. The best is expensive, so I choose rosuvastatin.
Your doctor will possibly resist because he or she doesn't believe the relationship between statins and neuropathy. Or may just feel that it's a choice between two issues and one is more deadly than the other. I was able to convince mine and she was very "cooperative" with my efforts. I read that very low doses of a statin are as effective if not more so than the normally prescribed dose. I reduced my dosage from 20mg to 10, then 5 and eventually down to 5mg every other day. This low dosage was able to keep my total cholesterol level right at 200, which was fine by me and acceptable to my doctor.
Another thing to seriously consider is supplementing with CoQ10 (or it's better form, Ubiquinol.) The should help to protect the nerves as well.
Just my thoughts, but seems to work well for me.

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Thank you 🙏helpfull info.

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