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Could numbness and tingling in the extremities be caused by statins?

April 26, 2017caused extremities numbness statins tingling

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Could numbness and tingling in the extremities be caused by statins?

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A reader asks People’s Pharmacy writers Joe and Terry Graedon about leg numbness that neurologists could not explain. The Graedons respond that the numbness might be caused by peripheral neuropathy, a rare side effect of statin use that causes nerve damage.