Magnate
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Queens, NY
Posts: 2,857
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Magnate
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Queens, NY
Posts: 2,857
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I imagine for some--
--statins might, indirectly, help to prevent neuropathy through thier other effects--namely, the lowering of cholesterol and the mitigation of the cluster of symptoms that make up metabolic syndrome. If one can keep vessels from becoming clogged with circulation lessening cholesterol deposits--and statins work on all blood vessels, not just th coronary arteries--then one has less chance of having a circulation loss that would result in fewer nutrients getting to nerve, fewer wastes being carried out, and a dimunition in nerve function leading to neuropathic symptoms. In that sense, statins may have a protective effect. (And hypertriglyceridemia is associated with small-fiber neuropathy.)
I still think, though, in keeping with the OTHER evidence of side effects in some that include muscle/nerve breakdown, it would be prudent for most to try other cholesterol level-lowering avenues first (from fiber to niacin to fish oil to exercise).
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