You know, this really teaches all of us a lesson about trying new drugs too hastily. I was in a shoe store today that sells shoes for diabetics or people with foot problems. The owner asked me what kind of a problem I had, and I told him I had painful sensory neuropathy with no known cause. He said, "Have you taken any statin drugs?" I was surprised that he was so aware of this cause of neuropathy -- he sees quite a bit of it. This is one thing that makes me angry at docs that won't prescribe narcotics for chronic pain. Narcotics have been around forever, and as far as side effects go they are well documeted. So you can be aware and watch for any and know what you are getting into. But the docs just love to prescribe high levels of seizure drugs instead, and many of those are new and the long term effects are unknown. (I myself take both the fentanyl patch and Lyrica -- the pain relief is good enough that I am willing to take the risk of Lyriica.) But in many ways, narcotics are a low-risk drug, relatively speaking