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Injectables instead of statins
My neurologist urges me to ditch the statins I’ve taken for 20 years and get shots instead. My family doc isn’t crazy about the idea, skeptical that the statins caused or aggravated my neuropathy. I’m also unclear about whether the shots themselves come with serious side effects or big out-of-pocket costs. Has anyone else wrestled with this question?
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Shots of what? It's easy enough to check with Dr Google or Dr Bing if we know what we're looking for.
I don’t know which of the injectables the neurologist will recommend. She’s running a bunch of tests over the next couple of months, but she’s generally critical of statins.
@chawk sounds like your neurologist is experimenting. I would not like to be one of her guinea pigs!
Chawk,
Alirocumab (Praluent), evolocumab (Repatha), and inclisiran (Leqvio) are the available PCSK9 injectables that are sometimes used with statins, but are used alone especially for those who can't tolerate statins.
Your neurologist wants to protect you from neuropathy that sometimes happens with those who tolerate statins long term and may be irreversible if statins are not stopped soon enough after symptoms begin.
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/drugs/22550-pcsk9-inhibitors
I'm looking at inclisiran, after not enjoying Repatha.