--helping some forms of neuropathic pain, simply because the active ingredient in Vicks, the menthol, would produce a cooling sensation where applied that could interfere with the "burning" pain sensations for some people, at least for at time. Don't think it would be a good long-term pain control strategy for most, though.

And, yes, one of the more recently discussed side-effects of Zocor and other statin drugs is neuropathy. Myopathy (muscle damage) occurs to. It's even found it's way into the "fine print" or, on television/radio, the "fast talk" parts of the advertisements for these drugs.