I stopped Simvistatin about 6 mo ago since I felt that it mey hurt my Neuropathy. The next lipid panel showed that the Cholesterol had jumped up. I restarted the Simvistatin 3 mo ago and my number today back toward good. I will fight Neurapathy and take the Simvistatin also.
I did manage to wean myself from Gabapentine as there was no help that I could tell w/pain. I had minor side effects @ 900 mg/d.
The Dr. is going to take away the Norco-10-325 and go to something like Tylenol w/ codiene. Way to go DEA!! This thread is FYI only and not to be confused w/anyone that knows what they are doing. Good Luck Ken in Texas.

at least take the CoQ-10 for that evil statin. It might protect your heart muscle which is very dependent on CoQ-10.

You cannot do much for your nerves however, while taking a statin, IMO.

Read some of the links I have on this forum if you dare. Simvastatin is the most toxic to nerves of all of them, since it is lipophilic and enters the nerve membranes and brain, easily. It is so toxic that the FDA cautions against high doses now.

There are studies on PubMed showing very low once or twice a week use of Crestor as effective. 5mg. Use "rosuvastatin" as your keyword, there.

example:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23565478
Makes one wonder at 5mg Crestor once a WEEK.

Here is our statin thread complete with photographs of damaged nerve cells:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...ghlight=statin

I did the same thing and went off my statin and cholesterol went back up I do not tend to take it every night though like I should I am on prevastatin
I had neuropathy before I had to use this drug I asked the dr about this and neuropathy and was told there is nothing much else that I can do except take this Maybe if I lost wt my cholesterol would be better but I know my parents had this --if there is a family relationship to this

I will ask a Neuro about whether the "low and slow" Rosavastatin would be a no-brainer to replace Simvistatin. Also my next door neighbors son is a phatmacist so I may call in a favor. I do take Co-Q-10 (thanks Mrs. D) but as far as losing weight, well you have quit preaching and started meddling now.haha. Ken in Texas