So if medicine was this simple it would make our jobs as doctors fabulously simple. I am saddened by the number of doctors(who are responsible for treating and trying to make patients better for a want of simplified job description) who sit on you tube and make every doctor the enemy and suddenly do not seem to forget the nuances of practising medicine. If it was that simple-anybody could be one. Choosing the correct medication can be very difficult in some patients especially with different comorbidities and polypharmacy etc etc. For example If a patient has a much more severe side effect to a particular drug but responded well to one that causes peripheral neuropathy, after having have gone through trials of all other types of meds through the months to get one that they respond to and knowing there are things that can help reduce or treat peripheral neuropathy-well would one want to somewhat get by with peripheral neuropathy or die from stroke caused by high blood pressure seeing no other tablets work? Most of the drug categorised to treat high BP cause this problem and many other ones. One of the mechanism is by interfering with blood circulation to the nerves but that is by the fact that most meds cause ckd and one of its characteristics is peripheral neuropathy-so I would leave it to all the clever cloggs who think all doctors are out to get them(!)to work out what they would do. Even Ayurvedic meds that work fantastically without the chemical rubbish of allopathic drugs (kindly note-not the ones brought from dodgy internet places which might contain mercury and other harmful stuff but from legit places usually local and freshly made by the locals) However even with that, there is a discipline to it-good thing is yes no kidney toxicity and the rest of side effects allopathic medicines cause but care needs to be taken to avoid liver damage and that is why very specially locally trained (not from reading books or copying willy nilly) specialist doses it out correctly. If only medicine was 2+2 is 4 but it is not with medicine. I am saddened to see this dogmatic view of if your doctor does not do what you say -change them. My advise would be if your doctor does not listen to your concerns, does to reassure you correctly with evidence or give you time to make you feel heard and listened to-then change your doctor-not just because they didn't do what you wanted to because somebody on you tube dictated so. PS- I have never favoured statins but educated and encouraged my patients to approach it holistically in few different ways which have worked-its not me but the amazing-ness of patients who follow and listen who should be given the credit.
I took depakote for years. I told the doctor that I was being harmed but he had me still take it. Now I got peripheral neuropathy from depakote. Nobody is helping me. I keep praying for the Lord to heal me
I am always amazed at how my Doctor will simply want to deal with symptoms by prescribing meds rather than address the real problem. Thank You for the information in this video.
My husband has been taking 2 of the drugs that you listed here for the last 15 years and he is having pinch nerve and nerve pain all the time. Finally, he listened to me and watched the video. He is going to try to stop it now. Thank you very much for enlightening us.
Iv'e been taking Statins for 30 years now, high blood pressure, Atenolol & Entresto. After surviving 2 heart attacks & aneverism & Coumadin (blood thinner) since 3 yrs now. I do not have pain but when I scrath my feet sometimes I do not feel them (half of foot) and also my toes turns white. In both family (mother & father) there is a high historic of cardiac failure. I am so full of energy compare to my friends with the same age of mine, even if my heart has only 37% of it's capacity. Thank God here in the province of Quebec (Canada) whe have insurance for our meds for us who don't have personnal insurance. Blessed I am 🙏
A Toronto pharmacist who lived a long life was asked about his secret to longevity. “Stay away from doctors & pharmacists” was his reply. He was placed in a nursing home just months before he passed and that was the first time he ever took prescription drugs.
I have in the past , had more problems with side effects of medications . Than I had with any illnesses. I have to take Basaglar insulin as I am a diabetic now . And Armour Thyroid , as I don't have all of my thyroid gland due to surgery. Other wise I use herbs for treatment. As far as depression or anxiety, I read the Bible and lean on God's promises to take care of me . Never felt better in my life . I am almost 84 years old . Good health for my age .❤️🕊️
I am 84 years and I have been on 10 mg Statin for the last 3 years. Earlier 40 mg dosage did cause a lot of health issues; muscle and nerve damage soon after the stetting. But now I have adjusted to the 10 mg dosage and I am recovering from the side effects.
Cymbalta was prescribed for my pain and truly made me so much worse! I have just struggled through the withdrawals on my own with so much medication and been fired by 3 Doctors, because they gave me drugs that were killing me! Ultimately I have come to learn that if I want to live with any good quality of life or even to stay alive I have the ultimate responsibility to research every med! I have gotten off 10 prescriptions since 2020.
I have also gone almost completely bald from 4 meds and had stomach medication cause life threatening anemia, lopressor caused my cholesterol to get so high that I developed liver disease, a drug caused metabolic syndrome and I am still suffering the aftereffects of that and worse. Getting down to 5 prescriptions was an amazing thing for me to accomplish and took real courage.
I have been on Cymbolta 1year for severe depression. I want to stop taking it because it is making my nerve pain worse . Sifrol for my restless leg syndrome 😢for years .
A big pharma doctor money 🤑 making scam. big pharma pays all doctors, dentist, etc... 15% kickbacks and other perks for their business by writing each prescription of their chemical toxic waste their chemists concoct in their labs. Poison that will destroy your body and health in slow motion. A slow death. They are in the business of making billions and billions selling the poisons they concoct. Absolute garbage. Good luck all.
Lauraine you are blessed indeed. i am early 60s and have a long list of stuff i would rather not deal with. enjoy your health to the fullest. God should have a capital G by the way.
When I was younger I took all of the medications I was prescribed and everything I went to the doctor they found something else wrong with me. I got fed up going to the doctor, did away with all the medications, and now at the age of 78 I am healthy and haven't been sick in 15 years! I don't even have a doctor anymore.
Thank you for this video! People need to learn and their own research on medication. I was on more than 5 medication for depression that gave me heart palpitations, that I ended up seeking a doctor to fix it. I would bruise easily without doing anything. Weight gain. Nausea and the list goes on. The depression persisted and sicker and sicker I became, until I quit all the medication by myself slowly, it took a year to off and being sick with the side effects. It’s has been 2 years. No more side effects only the depression which I am dealing differently with.
You did it right thing , good decision. Because they don’t melt cholesterol in veins , but negatively effect the liver , suppressing production cholesterol right there , that is why some people take Q enzymes in supplements. But statins reduce cholesterol only in 10 -/- and if you stop take statins then you may experience over production of cholesterol in liver which is responsible for 80-/- of it and rest of came with food .
I just stumbled upon your channel, and OMG, this totally pertains to me! I am in the beginnings of peripheral neuro and am taking a couple of the drugs that cause/worsen it! I am getting on the horn with my Dr. (s) asap to change things, if not get off of them! Thank God I found you, and God Bless you for helping so many!
It took me years to figure out that stantins were killing me after eight years of being on them. I told my cardiologist I was stopping the drug and he asked my why. I told him it was killing me. I ended up with non-diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy in my feet, then Stucco Keratosis. The Neuropathy in my fee was so bad I couldn't even walk barefooted on the plush carpeting in our home without great pain. I have been off stantins now for at least four to five years and the Neuropathy is almost gone as my nerves keep repairing themselves
@@Perich29 The drug companies are criminals whom you cannot sue, even when their drugs kill millions, YES MILLIONS. The only thing left for us is a punishment that fits the crime as in giving their CEOs the Benito Mussolini Treatment.
They did unnecessary cervical fusion on me and then put me on some of these medications which refused to take and they put up a fight with me. Thank you for this information. Very helpful.
I am almost 75yrs old. I have had sciatica for 40 years and have had back surgery for spondylolisthesis. I have an implanted spinal cord stimulator which helps with diagnosed severe nerve damage bilateral LEs. I read an article on the effectiveness of Alpha Lopeic Acid on nerve pain and started taking it Dec31, 2022. A few days later I noticed a spring in my step, non painful sit to stand transfers, and absence of sciatic posterior hip pain. Now, I say this to explain where I am now, but after watching your video on the 4 classes of Rx drugs that cause nerve damage, I realized that I am on 4 meds that you covered. Duloxetine, amlodipine, Mirtzapine Pravastatin I would like to be off of them all, with substitutions, if I need them. Thank you for your help! I subscribed right away!!
I take Alprazalam and recently started experiencing neuropathy in my feet. I sent this video to my doctor and told him I was going to discontinue it's use. Thanks for the video 🙏💕
I asked my doctor to take me off of dilatiazem after watching your video . He reluctantly did that and within 3 days the extreme swelling in my legs was gone. Thanks 😊
Thank you Dr Coppola...you've just described my current dilemma with respect to my increasingly problematic peripheral neuropathy probably caused by my decades -long ingestion of both Amlodipine (Black-boxed) and Atorvastatin. You've clarified something I've been questioning for some time but which all of my doctors seem reluctant to address. I hope alternatives are avaiable in order to address my 'issues'. THANK YOU!
I take Levothyroxin for hypothyroid after having a hyperthyroid which was corrected with radioactive iodine treatment since I was 39 yrs old. I take Duloxitine for depression, Gabapentin for restless legs, Simvastatin for cholesterol and Valsartin for blood pressure. Am not a diabetic. Recently my balance is not good and I get dizzy, feet and hands are numb. Now, at 72, I've been diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy. I've had both knees replaced, both hips replaced, left shoulder replaced, bone fusion in C2-C4, and bone fusion of L2-L5. I'm in pain every day.
Gabapenten is a calcium blocker. Teeth fall out and your knees go next. Hawthorne by Solaray for cholesterol. Stop to much sugar. Diet(die) kills. No artificial zero anything. Honey is good. Coconut sugar.
Magnesium , B12, Alpha lipoic acid and D3 have helped greatly with my pain. I got off Gabapentin after I read about side affects. Also use lidocaine cream topically for some pain issues on my feet.
I was on several of the drugs you listed, some being various antidepressants, anti-anxiety, sleep problems and statins. I've finally found a physician in my small town whom believes as I do that being educated about using food, exercise and other lifestyle habits is much better to try first before going the big pharma route as a starting point to getting truly healthy.
Ive taken duloxetine and cymbalta they never helped and ive taken gagapentin and it didnt help. I have really bad nerve pain in my legs. And I have venus vain deficiency. I just have to deal with pain so much. What can I do to help. Exercise doesnt help much either. But I dont want to get surgery on my legs cause I cant hardly stand now. I use a walker to get around. I have lupus so thats bad too.
I've gone from one doctor to another, there's no way to know what they believe before hand. There should be a better way to research and select our doctor
WOW… I can’t thank you and Dr Valarie enough for all your great information. I am currently waiting for myorder of nuphoria. I’m so overwhelmed with everything I’m dealing with. There’s not enough room or time for me to get in to all that’s going on with me. I just want to say thank you, keep it coming,and God Bless you and Dr Valarie ❤️🙏
I tested with high cholesterol and was prescribed "helpful" statins. I got neuropathy, plus leg cramps. The dosage was lowered, the brand was swapped -- for years. And the neuropathy was diagnosed as "idiopathic." My feet were so numb that i actually could not feel them while walking, rolled my foot and broke my 5th metatarsal bone! One day i mentioned my neuropathy to my dentist (my DENTIST! After years of complaining to my doctors!) And he asked if i took any statin. I said yes. He said, "Cut it out for one month and see how your feet feel." I did, and the feeling in my feet came back. I am 75 years old, NOT on statins, and still have high cholesterol but i can feel my feet. Statins are EVIL and TOXIC.
My cholesterol is very high by choice. Your brain is very high in cholesterol. Statins destroy cholesterol which can be the onset of dementia. Glad you stopped statins
I was taking statins and stopped, I got a heart attack eight years ago and had quadruple bypass surgery afterwards, I'm taking a high blood pressure medicine Enalapril, I am using a mixture of olive oil and lemon juice a tablespoonful each, first thing on mornings for five days I'll be going to have a cholesterol test in a few days. I was taking simvastatin and would feel sick and the pharmacist said stop if it causes problems. I have had pa behind my right leg where the blood vessel was removed for the bypass surgery, I'm taking calcium magnesium, Omega 369 and vitamin c
Another I highly suggest you research before taking is methotrexate. I was in a trial by my RA specialist for this drug and Hydrocloriquin. I developed multiple side effects from it. The most frightening one neuropathy in both of my legs. Along with dizziness, loss of coordination, imbalance, just to name a few..
I've had pins and needles and pain in my feet for over a year. I started around the time I was prescribed Amlodipine and Atorvastatin. I can't believe it! I'm grateful for coming across this video.
I started the very first symptoms of neuropathy about a year ago. Many of the anti-depressants you listed, I have been on. They've been changed so many times because of the withdrawal I get--the brain and other zaps in my body. Two times, I was almost off of them--after a year or titrating down, but then I had a tragedy after each time. Not realizing that SSRI's can cause neuropathy and not knowing that my symptoms WERE neuropathy, I saw my pc doc and she referred me to a neurologist who pretty much diagnosed it, but sent me to another neurologist at the Univ. of MI Ataxic Clinic. Somewhere in there I was referred to a cardiologist to make sure the numbness wasn't circulatory and he wanted to put me on a statin and BP meds. We debated the statin because I had family members who'd taken them and wasn't comfortable with the idea of getting the same side effects. I will be stopping the statin tomorrow as I don't think my cholesterol is THAT high. :). I really wish I'd seen this when I first heard I had neuropathy, 3 months ago. I still don't think it will get better, since I will probably be staying on an SSRI, but I am hoping it doesn't get worse.
Try Alpha Lipoic Acid, B complex, B1 (Biofeiomine best absorb Vit B1) Magnesium, CoQ10 ( Dr Eric Berg You Tube and other naturopathic doctors) This combination and proper food helps me. Also get wide toe box shoes or shoes with more depth.
60 and prescriptions saved my life! This vid was very informative, as I've taken a couple on these lists. I must eliminate anything that can hinder my brain and or memory.
As a type 2 diabetic, my doctor had prescribed me statins such as Atorvastatin, Rosuvastatin, and Simvastatin. Its good to know the side effects these statin causes.
Hi there, ET (I love it!). So glad this video was informative and helpful. We really want all of you to be empowered to know what is best for your health. Have a wonderful weekend!
@@NerveDoctors I know that it’s always said that before stopping any medication, one should talk to one’s doctor. I have taken upon myself to stop taking Simavastatin, on the day I stopped, the pins and needles in my entire body stopped also. I am finally able to get a peaceful nights sleep. I still take my Nuphoria Gold and Blue supplements everyday. I am taking an OTC supplement for cholesterol in place of the statin drugs for now…. Thank you for making my life better without the continuous pins and needles throughout my entire body. I am surprise you do not have more subscribers for the valuable information provided here. No other videos have I come across ever talk about what side effects other medications can cause complications for peripheral neuropathy. Keep up the good work.
@@ginger6582 it’s time for you to find a new doctor. When I told my doctor about my issue, he said I no longer need take statins as my cholesterol is under control 😀.
Thank you for this. I am on Rosuvastatin and Sertraline. I just this week told my doctor I am quitting the statin. I have no heart issues. I also learned that statins interfere with the thyroid hormone.. I am hypothyroid and have taken the useless med, Levothyroxine for 50+ years. I am 76. Next I'll work on the Sertraline. I've recently noticed tingling and numbness in my left hand and arm. This is new. It's been confined to my right foot and leg until now. I take Benfotiamine and Alpa-Lipoic Acid. I follow your channel religiously.
Good info! Studies show that a predominantly whole food, plant- based diet can substantially reduce elevated cholesterol. Many saturated fats in the keto diet are proinflammatory. The keto diet avoids refined carbs and sugar that elevate cholesterol and trigger inflammation. We don't know the long-term effects of keto diet yet on the kidneys. Of course, if one chooses a whole food plant based diet, it is essential to keep vitamin B12 and vitamin D in a good range which might require supplementation. I have a hunch the seemingly benefit of keto comes largely from eliminating sugar and refined carbs. In our Lifestyle Center, our guests with high cholesterol eat a vegetarian diet, exercise, and have hydrotherapy. Their high cholesterol levels drop by 30 percent within 11 days.
I take 60mg of duloxitine daily for fibromyalgia and DISH. I haven't been diagnosed with diabetes or peripheral neuropathy but my feet are beginning to get lightening like pains on the tops just a few times a week. I have an appointment with my doctor in four weeks but wouldn't mind having good info to show him. I think a lot of my doctor. He has worked hard to reduce the chronic pain I have. I appreciate the videos you guys have made!
My hands, legs and feet burn. I sometimes have to put my feet in cold water. About nine months ago my Dr. Put me on cymbalta. At first it worked, now I am in worse pain than before. In the past two months I am having a difficult time walking. Legs hurt. Feel like crying all the time. Guess I need a different dr Thank you for your advice.
Thank you so much for this information that helps in protecting the precious nerves. However, I have wondering about the source of such details as I searched the databases with no success. Thanks once again. Dr. Abdul,😮
I was on paxil til it just didn't help anymore, changed to venlafaxine. Within two weeks I had had the worst peripheral neuropathy symptoms in my feet , but the effectiveness the venlafaxine had on my PTSD was so profound I put up with it til I found alpha lipoic acid supplements. Now, if I miss a dose of the ala I get the stabbing burning in my feet again. And the electrical brain zaps from missing a dose or so of the venlafaxine is torture to say the least. But , I'm grateful to have it so I can function to an average degree. My Dr. Kept saying I didn't have diabetes and I'm sure doubted my complaints about my feet until I looked up rare side effects of venlafaxine and was able to show her it wasn't in my head . ❣️
Ive been taking ambien for probably 10 years, and have burning foot pain. Thank you for the very well researched, medical side effects on these medications
@debbievanbrunning4802: I just left a comment. This video randomly showed up in my UA-cam feed. I’ve been on Ambien (zolpidem) for 25 years. I have such nerve pain in my feet for years and - of course - have had to take either Gabapentin or Lyrica - 2 Satan drugs that I finally weaned myself off of and have just been suffering with the pain. I had no idea that Ambien could be the cause of nerve damage. I feel so outraged that I was never informed of the potential consequence. I’m sitting here speechless.
Im taking Ambien too. Ive had foot numbness along with burning sensations when its hot weather and freezing feet when its cold. A very unusual sensation.
@Jerrold Frank: Well - that is disheartening. I’m sorry. I wish I would have known about this years ago. Glad I did not fill the prescription for Dulozetine that I recently received. I read about it before starting it and thought no way I’m putting that poison in my body. I’m so disappointed in doctors for not informing me of potential consequences. Now I have to figure out how to wean off of zolpidem. I tried a few years ago and after the 3rd night of no sleep I gave up. Couldn’t function.
Consulting with my doctors is like talking to a wall , between beta blockers and statins I'm almost done . The last appointment i had with my cardiologist she blew it off and rescheduled for 4 months later they could care less
I've been on losartin and have been experiencing burning sensation in my right toes/foot. Once it was so bad I could hardly walk on it. I hate taking this medication. I am 71 and I feel as though my doctor wants me to have so many tests and prescribes medication that I won't even take. This is such an awful experience to go through. I feel it is condescending and demeaning. I have been refusing some of them and she's not happy. She actually spoke to me in a scolding manner at my last visit.
@@islandgirl6344 I was taking 100 MG and was feeling lightheaded in the mornings, dropped it down to 25MG under the doctor's supervision, made a big difference and my BP is under control.
Feels like gout? My friend had the same symptoms. He experienced swollen ankle & knee pain. It prevented him from driving & disabled his overall mobility. It was diagnosed as gout. Essentially the cinditiin reversed, after he stopped the medication.
Hydralazine a BP RX is also known to cause neuropathy! I began getting neuropathy almost immediately after being put on it, yet 3 specialists are in denial. Finally a nephrologist is helping me get off it!
Functional Medicine Drs and Naturopaths are very expensive . My neighbor’s mother is a functional med. doctor. $700/visit. I declined. I wish I didn’t have to! I LOVE this website! Thank you! 🙆♀️🌷
Hi, I just came across your channel. I'm 63 and have been diagnosed with idiopathic peripheral neuropathy for about 20 years. This video was eye opening as I take several of these drugs - for good reasons. The IPN has progressed into my hands. Very interested in your thoughts on what I should do.
Dear Doctor, could you be able to point me in the directions for resources about cymbala side effects. After 9 years on this drug I couldn’t walk. After getting off it i can walk and move pain free. You are so right and the only UA-cam doctor to have the balls to speak up. Thank you so much Sir.
Thank you for the information. I wonder for the life of me why was I having the problem with my legs, now I know. The side effects of the only medicine I have ever taken. This is great.
Recently diagnosed with Type2 Diabetes. Besides my A1C, everything else is good. BP, Cholesterol, Kidneys, Liver, etc.. Besides the diabetest treatment, by Dr. insisted that he put me on Crestor/Rosuvastatin, despite my concern about 'overmedicating'. After watching thsi video, my next conversation with him will be to discuss this topic. I have some early sumptoms of peripheral neuropathy in my feet, and do not want to take 'just in case' meds that may worsen the condition. His reasoning for prescribing it was that 'diabetics are predisposed to heart attacks', which is very likely true. In my case, my cholesterol numbers were on the good side of normal, and I do not have any other concerns in that regard. I've been very fit my entire life, and still do a lot of semi-competitive cycling. At this point I feel the neurapathy is as big of a threat as heart conditions.
It's all about big pharma being able to have a person on several drugs for their entire lives-it's a constant revenue stream for them. There are plenty of ways to keep yourself reasonably healthy without mega-doses of pills every day. At 61 I have made the choice not to take any prescription medications, and I feel phenomenal. Exercise on a daily basis, keep my weight under control, and I've learned the power of the word no when it comes to the medical community.
Yes I'm taking Lipitor 20mg for over 5 years & now having muscle pain , flexibility issues & slight numbness in my extremes. I don't exercise daily but walk for about 30mts & coach Tennis once a week that lasts 4hrs. Will appreciate your kind advice. Thanks.
Hi Kumar. First and most importantly you need to be taking Ubiquinol (the active form of CoQ10) because Statins completely deplete this. Secondly, you need to take Acetyl L Carnitine to protect your nerves from the damage that Statins will due. Next, you need to work with a functional medicine (FM) doctor in your area that can get your cholesterol levels where they need to be without this horrible drug. To find a FM doctor in your area use this link: www.ifm.org/find-a-practitioner/? Blessings.
Lipitor destroyed my father’s hip. Caused him to have a pronounced uneven hip so he became unable to walk properly. Looks like one leg is shorter than the other. He is now on a walker with hip, knee and muscle pain! So sad! He also started to have dementia even though he stopped the statins 20 yrs ago. The damage is already done!
I have been prescribed Lovastatin. I am implementing a better diet and walking. I don't want to be so dependent on all the medications I have been prescribed. I am reversing that trend. Who's with me?
Because of narrowed arteries, I’ve taken atorvastatin for many years. The first few years was 20 mg, then 40 mg and then finally 80 mg. I finally convinced the new dr. That that is why I lost 30 pounds, had 4-10 times a day diarrhea, and had to be infused because my hemoglobin was so low. After a week at 40 mg, diarrhea gone. But the story doesn’t end there, the doctor was so concerned about my weight loss that she insisted I needed a cscan. The scan has now damaged my kidneys. Just found a new doctor I’m seeing next week. I take Losartan because of my kidneys now. Not recommended?
Thank you, even though I have a feeling Neuropathy I don’t take any medicines that you mentioned. I just take vitamins. 84 and feeling wonderful except for the tingling of my feet. Thank you for all the information.
I am on a few of the medications you listed, and I have severe peripheral neuropathy. If I can get off of these meds, will my neuropathy improve? The pain is agonizing! I can’t sleep, it hurts to walk, I’m in misery, and I’m only 57.
I am on atorvastatin long term and have severe neuropathy in my feet. This video was truly eye opening. I just downloaded the video to play again in case it goes away here on youtube. I am 74 years old. I am having surgery this week to remove a tumor from my pancreas. I have no idea if that is related. I have already had a 5 way bypass.
I can’t begin to thank you enough for making this video! I’m sending it out to lots of people I know as there are lots of people that need to hear this so thank you again! My mother has been on some of this medication for way too many years.
Ambien, Buspirone, Klonopin, Diazepam, Cymbalta, Felodipine, and Zocor. I have neuropathy very bad now. I am on max dose’s of these drugs for at least 25 years. Thank you for this information. It has opened my eyes to the problems. By the way I also took a max dose of Effexor for years. (450 mg) It took a whole summer to slowly get off of it at 37 1/2 mg. per every 2 weeks. It damaged my heart so I had to get off of it.
Thank you for your honesty! I was put on statins and very shortly experienced pain in both shoulders, hips, and knees. That is when I started researching statins. It seems the whole world knows how bad statins are, except for pill pushers in the United States! It is all about the money.
Keep researching because here on YT there are cardiologists, MDs and scientists that have revealed more about how "bad cholesterol" came to be named. Pharma funded the studies back in the late 50s. Read up on how the body needs cholesterol. Statins are evil in my opinion. There is no definitely link of high LDL to arteriosclerosis IF all your other markers are good: weight, BP, HDL, TRIglyc, etc.
Everyone is different. Some people are allergic to penicillin. I'm allergic to sulfa drugs. Some people could die from taking them. Does that mean that penicillin and sulfa meds are evil and should be taken off the market? Of course not! Likewise, some people can't take statins because they have undesirable side effects. But I have been on a statin for years, with absolutely no problems. No, "the whole world" doesn't "know how bad statins are!" Getting all upset about any medication causing side effects in some people and insisting that they are bad drugs is an extreme reaction. If you get side effects from a medication, don't take it. But I'm not willing to chuck out medicatons that are beneficial for some people just because others can't take them. Let's not throw out the baby with the bath water, for goodness' sake! Every medication will cause side effects in some people, but what's your solution? Going back to the stone age? I'm staying on my statin, because it isn't bad for me.
Glad you were proactive to your health. Most people won't realize the damages done to thier body until its too late. I don't know why anyone would want to take a "black boxed" medicine...when they could adapt simple life changes.
My Dad developed dementia from years on a Statin drug. It started with an A. I can’t spell it. I refuse to take a Statin drug. I was even able to get off Metformin. Intermittent fasting works wonders. Keeps my A1C in check. 😊
I take Citalopram and Diltiazem, I am experiencing extremely stiff joints, neck pain and pain throughout my entire body. I need to get off these medications. I will call my doctor to discuss. Thank you very much for the information. I had no idea what was causing my body so much pain.
I take ramipril for my blood pressure and rosuvastastin for cholesterol and have been taking for 9 years now. I now have diabetes and suffer from terrible neuropathy in my feet especially. My doctor won’t change my drugs because I have atrial fibrillation and left ventricular atrophy to the heart. He says the drugs keep my heart stable. I never realised my neuropathy was caused by the drugs.
Your doctor is not God but plays a god. Your body was created to naturally heal itself and God put plants here to assist us. These medications do not help us but cause more damage. Doctors are lied to in school and HAVE to follow protocol or lose their license. Watch a video about how the Rockefellers bought out all medical schools during the great depression and forbade all use of natural medicine and you will understand the great deception in the medical field. Do NOT look to a doctor as an "expert". They are owned by big pharma.
I've already suffered with PN, so if you are on statins, ask your doctor if it's absolutely necessary to take your statins every single day... my cardiologist told me it's not necessary to take statins every day... I'm on Simvastatin (Zocor). This is purely subjective, but I had started taking my Zocor every OTHER day (before my doctor told me this), and my cholesterol/lipids labs looked great. So it might help to minimize the risk (or severity) of PN, if you must stay on statins, to check with your doc to decrease your statins dose or frequency (or both)... then check levels in six months. The video did suggest alternatives to statins, which i haven't tried yet.
Antidepressants. You didn't mention bupropion (Wellbutrin), but it sure did a number on me. Peripheral Neuropathy AND moderately severe PEM. Very depressing. Unexpectedly, a ketogenic diet helped immensely, if slow. Glad I found your channel!
I have been taking Bupropion for about 18 months and have developed nerve issues. I'm weining myself off now. I have taken Clonazepam for about a decade before Bupropion with no issues. I've gone through 4 sets of back injections with little to no effect. Hopefully things will clear up once I'm rid of the Bupropion.
I have been on bupropion for years and the neuropathy is debilitating. Constant Pain for years and years. Did you come off or just change the diet? I use too much sugar and keep blaming the sugar on the neuropathy.
Just came off. Quit cold-turkey. Ouch. But the neuropathy didn't improve until after I adopted a ketogenic lifestyle a few years later. Improvement started after only a few weeks.
My wife is suffering terrible pain in her legs and feet due to neuropathy. She has to wait ages to see a consultant. Your video is very informative. She has been on Amitriptyline for several years. I think she should phone her G.P. and ask if she could come off them gradually. I recently bought her a natural product called "Cell Restorer". These capsules are said to renew every cell in the body. Their main ingredient is blue algae.
I am 67 and I am taking Pravastatin Sodium. I been on them for about 13 years. I have sharking pain down my right leg to my ankle. I also have hot feeling like needles sticking in my foot and also burning pain in my foot. It comes and goes.
I took "Pristique", an anti depressant, for less than 1 month, decided I didn't need it and started slowly weening myself off. Those electric shocks in my brain lasted for months afterward. Never again!
I'm 59 and take 14 meds including 2 for nerve damage from a lamenectamy. Also take lorazepam. Also take an antidepressant. When I started taking gabapentin for my nerve damage and pins and needles pain in my feet. I have also been on oxycodone for 14 years. Take a bunch of others after heart attack at age 50.
I've been on Xanax for nearly 25 years for sleep. 😢 and Crestor. My dad swears he lost good use of his legs when his meds were increased. Guess he is right. He takes a statin and metformin.
I’m 75yo, on Buspirone. Taking 1800MG of Gabapentin a day for Peripheral Neuropathy. COPD, Cancer ( finished Chemo & Radiation 11-15-23), type 2 diabetic (the nerve damage was 15 years prior to diabetes, pre-diabetic for last 3 years)
I currently take Verapamil and Hydrochlorothiazide. My cholesterol level is 226 and she prescribed atorvastatin but I refused to take it. I’m trying diet and exercising first. I also weaned myself off of Cymbalta a few years ago. The brain zaps were horrible and I still have them years later, from time to time. Horrible drug
I was taking Atovstatin and I have pains in my feet and partial numbness in my legs. They feel like I have socks going up to mid calf. I quit the statin and I am using a vitamin. I took that statin for a lot of years.
I am a Camp Lejeune toxic water survivor, from drinking the water almost 40 years ago I have CIDP. A year ago was taking prescription statins for Cholesterol. I quite taking them and changed my diet and lowed my cholesterol, because it made my systems worse.
Peripheral Neuropathy was one of of the many adverse effects I had from statins. Unfortunately, I had to figure it out on my own. Neither my PCP nor the neurologist I went to made the connection. Before they invented high cholesterol, I doubt this would have happened.
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@@patriciadoty6268 Do you have family or close friend near your facility that you can confide in? My Dad looked after a long time neighbor when he went into a nursing home and my Mom (ex Psych Nurse) advised my Dad to go visit George unannounced at different times of the day (to witness different staff / changing shifts). In George’s case the facility passed all my Moms tests, but this was also a few years before the plandemic.
I took Levaquin for a sinus infection. After awhile I noticed my feet tingling and then up my legs. I went to Mayo Clinic, and they had no clue where this was coming from! 10 years later, they discovered it was from Levaquin and Cipro and it has a nickname: Flurries!
Every medication has risks. I would want to compare the risks of stopping my meds with the risk that studies reveal about taking them. Where can I find a comparison like that?
… great video; learned of the potential cause/causes of my nerve damage deriving from taking 5mg of Amlodipine twice a day. Aside, does the initial onset of tinnitus before the discomfort in the feet indicate anything significant. Have you all noticed any pattern with patients who reported symptoms of ringing in the ears; and THEN months later, symptoms of cold toes?
Hey there Mackay. Always great to hear from you. Great question about tinnitus. The fact that it showed up first isn't necessarily tantamount to the foot symptoms. I've seen this happen before but never with any real pattern. Blessings.
Got it… I’m about 6 months into the use of your two Nuphoria nerve support formulas in addition to other lifestyle changes, of course… but getting cold here in NJ so… tough season to judge progress. I can say for certain that the symptoms have not gotten worse.
Thank you for taking time to research each medication and posting this video. I have been taking Sertraline to help with depression for more than ten years but recently, within the past year, I have developed severe tremors in my left hand but not as severe in my right hand. Do you believe there might be a connection between taking Sertraline and hand tremors. Thank you so much for your response in advance!
Really we are short of such guiding doctors who expose the harm behind medications we are using. Thank you Dr. I am 75 with severe neuropathy and fearing to take any medicine. Please advise.
I am using rosuvastin , I first tried valsartin and it made me so sick to my stomach. It was also very painful to use. It also made me sleep alot. I thought was dying using that medicine. I felt awful trying to use it, I couldn't keep anything down.
Wow, I just recently asked my VA doctor for her advise on the growing number of meds I’m taking, and are there any potential complications? NO RESPONSE. This video was an eye opener. Many thanks as I’m on one Rx from each list. How do I find an Rx coach?
My LDL was up just one point, and my doctor wanted to start me on a statin...... I told him not only no, but HELL NO. So I went out, and got it back down, then had a calcium score done and I got a 2 out of 400, I guess my approach is better and safer than his.
Thank God I found your posts! You are God sent. Keep up your work; serving humanity with your knowledge. I am sad for what BP pharmaceutical drugs have done to my health - nerve damages all over my body. Thanks for your guidance.
That's a fact. All of my joint pains went away, even those associated with nerve damage. I was taking meds for diabetes, blood pressure and gout before. I don't take anything now except vitamin D, K2 and iodine. Probably don't need the iodine but to much is better than to little.
We need more doctors like this one!
Michael Davidson So Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching!
So if medicine was this simple it would make our jobs as doctors fabulously simple. I am saddened by the number of doctors(who are responsible for treating and trying to make patients better for a want of simplified job description) who sit on you tube and make every doctor the enemy and suddenly do not seem to forget the nuances of practising medicine. If it was that simple-anybody could be one. Choosing the correct medication can be very difficult in some patients especially with different comorbidities and polypharmacy etc etc. For example If a patient has a much more severe side effect to a particular drug but responded well to one that causes peripheral neuropathy, after having have gone through trials of all other types of meds through the months to get one that they respond to and knowing there are things that can help reduce or treat peripheral neuropathy-well would one want to somewhat get by with peripheral neuropathy or die from stroke caused by high blood pressure seeing no other tablets work? Most of the drug categorised to treat high BP cause this problem and many other ones. One of the mechanism is by interfering with blood circulation to the nerves but that is by the fact that most meds cause ckd and one of its characteristics is peripheral neuropathy-so I would leave it to all the clever cloggs who think all doctors are out to get them(!)to work out what they would do. Even Ayurvedic meds that work fantastically without the chemical rubbish of allopathic drugs (kindly note-not the ones brought from dodgy internet places which might contain mercury and other harmful stuff but from legit places usually local and freshly made by the locals) However even with that, there is a discipline to it-good thing is yes no kidney toxicity and the rest of side effects allopathic medicines cause but care needs to be taken to avoid liver damage and that is why very specially locally trained (not from reading books or copying willy nilly) specialist doses it out correctly. If only medicine was 2+2 is 4 but it is not with medicine. I am saddened to see this dogmatic view of if your doctor does not do what you say -change them. My advise would be if your doctor does not listen to your concerns, does to reassure you correctly with evidence or give you time to make you feel heard and listened to-then change your doctor-not just because they didn't do what you wanted to because somebody on you tube dictated so. PS- I have never favoured statins but educated and encouraged my patients to approach it holistically in few different ways which have worked-its not me but the amazing-ness of patients who follow and listen who should be given the credit.
I took depakote for years. I told the doctor that I was being harmed but he had me still take it. Now I got peripheral neuropathy from depakote. Nobody is helping me. I keep praying for the Lord to heal me
I am always amazed at how my Doctor will simply want to deal with symptoms by prescribing meds rather than address the real problem. Thank You for the information in this video.
My husband has been taking 2 of the drugs that you listed here for the last 15 years and he is having pinch nerve and nerve pain all the time. Finally, he listened to me and watched the video. He is going to try to stop it now. Thank you very much for enlightening us.
A pinched nerve is not the same as peripheral neuropathy.
@@life-mm5do c'est quoi la différence? Merci
@@life-mm5doshe never said it was.
What rubbish
Pain is pain
These doctors are blow arses
They mentioned nerve pain as well.
Iv'e been taking Statins for 30 years now, high blood pressure, Atenolol & Entresto. After surviving 2 heart attacks & aneverism & Coumadin (blood thinner) since 3 yrs now. I do not have pain but when I scrath my feet sometimes I do not feel them (half of foot) and also my toes turns white. In both family (mother & father) there is a high historic of cardiac failure. I am so full of energy compare to my friends with the same age of mine, even if my heart has only 37% of it's capacity. Thank God here in the province of Quebec (Canada) whe have insurance for our meds for us who don't have personnal insurance. Blessed I am 🙏
Money grab. What a shame. Doctors are identical to politicians.
A Toronto pharmacist who lived a long life was asked about his secret to longevity. “Stay away from doctors & pharmacists” was his reply. He was placed in a nursing home just months before he passed and that was the first time he ever took prescription drugs.
I’m so sorry 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I was on cymbalta did nothing for me off it now Thank God.
I have in the past , had more problems with side effects of medications . Than I had with any illnesses. I have to take Basaglar insulin
as I am a diabetic now . And Armour Thyroid , as I don't have all of my thyroid gland due to surgery. Other wise I use herbs for treatment.
As far as depression or anxiety, I read the Bible and lean on God's promises to take care of me . Never felt better in my life . I am almost 84 years old . Good health for my age .❤️🕊️
I am 84 years and I have been on 10 mg Statin for the last 3 years. Earlier 40 mg dosage did cause a lot of health issues; muscle and nerve damage soon after the stetting. But now I have adjusted to the 10 mg dosage and I am recovering from the side effects.
Cymbalta was prescribed for my pain and truly made me so much worse! I have just struggled through the withdrawals on my own with so much medication and been fired by 3 Doctors, because they gave me drugs that were killing me! Ultimately I have come to learn that if I want to live with any good quality of life or even to stay alive I have the ultimate responsibility to research every med! I have gotten off 10 prescriptions since 2020.
I have also gone almost completely bald from 4 meds and had stomach medication cause life threatening anemia, lopressor caused my cholesterol to get so high that I developed liver disease, a drug caused metabolic syndrome and I am still suffering the aftereffects of that and worse. Getting down to 5 prescriptions was an amazing thing for me to accomplish and took real courage.
Excellent job, Connie. Good for you!💖
Unbelievable courage and determination.
I have been on Cymbolta 1year for severe depression. I want to stop taking it because it is making my nerve pain worse . Sifrol for my restless leg syndrome 😢for years .
A big pharma doctor money 🤑 making scam. big pharma pays all doctors, dentist, etc... 15% kickbacks and other perks for their business by writing each prescription of their chemical toxic waste their chemists concoct in their labs. Poison that will destroy your body and health in slow motion. A slow death. They are in the business of making billions and billions selling the poisons they concoct. Absolute garbage. Good luck all.
65 and don’t take any medication, still work and am so healthy, thank god 👍🇬🇧
Lauraine you are blessed indeed. i am early 60s and have a long list of stuff i would rather not deal with. enjoy your health to the fullest. God should have a capital G by the way.
You are blessed.
I ve been on lorazepam for 10 years for blob, a form of vertigo. I take it to get to a.erp
When I was younger I took all of the medications I was prescribed and everything I went to the doctor they found something else wrong with me. I got fed up going to the doctor, did away with all the medications, and now at the age of 78 I am healthy and haven't been sick in 15 years! I don't even have a doctor anymore.
Thank you for this video! People need to learn and their own research on medication. I was on more than 5 medication for depression that gave me heart palpitations, that I ended up seeking a doctor to fix it. I would bruise easily without doing anything. Weight gain. Nausea and the list goes on. The depression persisted and sicker and sicker I became, until I quit all the medication by myself slowly, it took a year to off and being sick with the side effects. It’s has been 2 years. No more side effects only the depression which I am dealing differently with.
Nearly 10 years back, i did my own research and stopped taking statins. My condition has considerably improved.
You did it right thing , good decision.
Because they don’t melt cholesterol in veins , but negatively effect the liver , suppressing production cholesterol right there , that is why some people take Q enzymes in supplements. But statins reduce cholesterol only in 10 -/- and if you stop take statins then you may experience over production of cholesterol in liver which is responsible for 80-/- of it and rest of came with food .
Statins destroyed my body. They're poison.
I just stumbled upon your channel, and OMG, this totally pertains to me! I am in the beginnings of peripheral neuro and am taking a couple of the drugs that cause/worsen it! I am getting on the horn with my Dr. (s) asap to change things, if not get off of them! Thank God I found you, and God Bless you for helping so many!
It took me years to figure out that stantins were killing me after eight years of being on them. I told my cardiologist I was stopping the drug and he asked my why. I told him it was killing me. I ended up with non-diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy in my feet, then Stucco Keratosis. The Neuropathy in my fee was so bad I couldn't even walk barefooted on the plush carpeting in our home without great pain. I have been off stantins now for at least four to five years and the Neuropathy is almost gone as my nerves keep repairing themselves
Stantins love to sue the people who came up with this.
@@Perich29 The drug companies are criminals whom you cannot sue, even when their drugs kill millions, YES MILLIONS. The only thing left for us is a punishment that fits the crime as in giving their CEOs the Benito Mussolini Treatment.
They did unnecessary cervical fusion on me and then put me on some of these medications which refused to take and they put up a fight with me. Thank you for this information. Very helpful.
Thank you from letting people know about the bad side of pills
I am almost 75yrs old. I have had sciatica for 40 years and have had back surgery for spondylolisthesis. I have an implanted spinal cord stimulator which helps with diagnosed severe nerve damage bilateral LEs. I read an article on the effectiveness of Alpha Lopeic Acid on nerve pain and started taking it Dec31, 2022. A few days later I noticed a spring in my step, non painful sit to stand transfers, and absence of sciatic posterior hip pain.
Now, I say this to explain where I am now, but after watching your video on the 4 classes of Rx drugs that cause nerve damage, I realized that I am on 4 meds that you covered. Duloxetine, amlodipine, Mirtzapine
Pravastatin
I would like to be off of them all, with substitutions, if I need them.
Thank you for your help! I subscribed right away!!
I take Alprazalam and recently started experiencing neuropathy in my feet. I sent this video to my doctor and told him I was going to discontinue it's use. Thanks for the video 🙏💕
I asked my doctor to take me off of dilatiazem after watching your video . He reluctantly did that and within 3 days the extreme swelling in my legs was gone. Thanks 😊
I'm late to this comment but was diltiazem replaced with something else?
Me too. Swelling went away immediately.
Thank you Dr Coppola...you've just described my current dilemma with respect to my increasingly problematic peripheral neuropathy probably caused by my decades -long ingestion of both Amlodipine (Black-boxed) and Atorvastatin. You've clarified something I've been questioning for some time but which all of my doctors seem reluctant to address. I hope alternatives are avaiable in order to address my 'issues'. THANK YOU!
I take Levothyroxin for hypothyroid after having a hyperthyroid which was corrected with radioactive iodine treatment since I was 39 yrs old. I take Duloxitine for depression, Gabapentin for restless legs, Simvastatin for cholesterol and Valsartin for blood pressure. Am not a diabetic. Recently my balance is not good and I get dizzy, feet and hands are numb. Now, at 72, I've been diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy. I've had both knees replaced, both hips replaced, left shoulder replaced, bone fusion in C2-C4, and bone fusion of L2-L5. I'm in pain every day.
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Gabapenten is a calcium blocker. Teeth fall out and your knees go next. Hawthorne by Solaray for cholesterol. Stop to much sugar. Diet(die) kills. No artificial zero anything. Honey is good. Coconut sugar.
I take potassium and Wellness resources super Coenzyme B-Complex
Magnesium , B12, Alpha lipoic acid and D3 have helped greatly with my pain. I got off Gabapentin after I read about side affects. Also use lidocaine cream topically for some pain issues on my feet.
I was on several of the drugs you listed, some being various antidepressants, anti-anxiety, sleep problems and statins. I've finally found a physician in my small town whom believes as I do that being educated about using food, exercise and other lifestyle habits is much better to try first before going the big pharma route as a starting point to getting truly healthy.
HI, what foods and exercises do you do?
Yes. The meds will always be there if it turns out you need them. Try everything else first. Unless it’s an emergency, of course.
Ive taken duloxetine and cymbalta they never helped and ive taken gagapentin and it didnt help. I have really bad nerve pain in my legs. And I have venus vain deficiency. I just have to deal with pain so much. What can I do to help. Exercise doesnt help much either. But I dont want to get surgery on my legs cause I cant hardly stand now. I use a walker to get around. I have lupus so thats bad too.
I've gone from one doctor to another, there's no way to know what they believe before hand. There should be a better way to research and select our doctor
WOW… I can’t thank you and Dr Valarie enough for all your great information. I am currently waiting for myorder of nuphoria. I’m so overwhelmed with everything I’m dealing with. There’s not enough room or time for me to get in to all that’s going on with me. I just want to say thank you, keep it coming,and God Bless you and Dr Valarie ❤️🙏
Thank you doctor, my doctor gave me Atorvastatin, I’m 70 years old and ust this year I’ve been having Peripheral neuropathy.
I tested with high cholesterol and was prescribed "helpful" statins. I got neuropathy, plus leg cramps. The dosage was lowered, the brand was swapped -- for years. And the neuropathy was diagnosed as "idiopathic." My feet were so numb that i actually could not feel them while walking, rolled my foot and broke my 5th metatarsal bone! One day i mentioned my neuropathy to my dentist (my DENTIST! After years of complaining to my doctors!) And he asked if i took any statin. I said yes. He said, "Cut it out for one month and see how your feet feel." I did, and the feeling in my feet came back. I am 75 years old, NOT on statins, and still have high cholesterol but i can feel my feet. Statins are EVIL and TOXIC.
I take supplement Hawthorne berry for chloresteral by Solaray
My cholesterol is very high by choice. Your brain is very high in cholesterol. Statins destroy cholesterol which can be the onset of dementia. Glad you stopped statins
I was taking statins and stopped, I got a heart attack eight years ago and had quadruple bypass surgery afterwards, I'm taking a high blood pressure medicine Enalapril, I am using a mixture of olive oil and lemon juice a tablespoonful each, first thing on mornings for five days I'll be going to have a cholesterol test in a few days. I was taking simvastatin and would feel sick and the pharmacist said stop if it causes problems. I have had pa behind my right leg where the blood vessel was removed for the bypass surgery, I'm taking calcium magnesium, Omega 369 and vitamin c
Take red yeast rice. Get it at drug store.
Another I highly suggest you research before taking is methotrexate. I was in a trial by my RA specialist for this drug and Hydrocloriquin. I developed multiple side effects from it. The most frightening one neuropathy in both of my legs. Along with dizziness, loss of coordination, imbalance, just to name a few..
I've had pins and needles and pain in my feet for over a year. I started around the time I was prescribed Amlodipine and Atorvastatin. I can't believe it! I'm grateful for coming across this video.
I'm so glad you found us. Let us know if you need any guidance. Blessings.
I started the very first symptoms of neuropathy about a year ago. Many of the anti-depressants you listed, I have been on. They've been changed so many times because of the withdrawal I get--the brain and other zaps in my body. Two times, I was almost off of them--after a year or titrating down, but then I had a tragedy after each time. Not realizing that SSRI's can cause neuropathy and not knowing that my symptoms WERE neuropathy, I saw my pc doc and she referred me to a neurologist who pretty much diagnosed it, but sent me to another neurologist at the Univ. of MI Ataxic Clinic. Somewhere in there I was referred to a cardiologist to make sure the numbness wasn't circulatory and he wanted to put me on a statin and BP meds. We debated the statin because I had family members who'd taken them and wasn't comfortable with the idea of getting the same side effects. I will be stopping the statin tomorrow as I don't think my cholesterol is THAT high. :). I really wish I'd seen this when I first heard I had neuropathy, 3 months ago. I still don't think it will get better, since I will probably be staying on an SSRI, but I am hoping it doesn't get worse.
Try Alpha Lipoic Acid, B complex, B1 (Biofeiomine best absorb Vit B1) Magnesium, CoQ10 ( Dr Eric Berg You Tube and other naturopathic doctors) This combination and proper food helps me. Also get wide toe box shoes or shoes with more depth.
60 and prescriptions saved my life! This vid was very informative, as I've taken a couple on these lists. I must eliminate anything that can hinder my brain and or memory.
As a type 2 diabetic, my doctor had prescribed me statins such as Atorvastatin, Rosuvastatin, and Simvastatin. Its good to know the side effects these statin causes.
Hi there, ET (I love it!). So glad this video was informative and helpful. We really want all of you to be empowered to know what is best for your health. Have a wonderful weekend!
@@NerveDoctors I know that it’s always said that before stopping any medication, one should talk to one’s doctor. I have taken upon myself to stop taking Simavastatin, on the day I stopped, the pins and needles in my entire body stopped also. I am finally able to get a peaceful nights sleep. I still take my Nuphoria Gold and Blue supplements everyday. I am taking an OTC supplement for cholesterol in place of the statin drugs for now….
Thank you for making my life better without the continuous pins and needles throughout my entire body.
I am surprise you do not have more subscribers for the valuable information provided here. No other videos have I come across ever talk about what side effects other medications can cause complications for peripheral neuropathy. Keep up the good work.
Never take statins - a dangerous medication.
Can't take any statins. They hurt me. My dr does not believe me.
@@ginger6582 it’s time for you to find a new doctor. When I told my doctor about my issue, he said I no longer need take statins as my cholesterol is under control 😀.
Thank you for this. I am on Rosuvastatin and Sertraline. I just this week told my doctor I am quitting the statin. I have no heart issues. I also learned that statins interfere with the thyroid hormone.. I am hypothyroid and have taken the useless med, Levothyroxine for 50+ years. I am 76. Next I'll work on the Sertraline. I've recently noticed tingling and numbness in my left hand and arm. This is new. It's been confined to my right foot and leg until now. I take Benfotiamine and Alpa-Lipoic Acid. I follow your channel religiously.
Good info! Studies show that a predominantly whole food, plant- based diet can substantially reduce elevated cholesterol. Many saturated fats in the keto diet are proinflammatory. The keto diet avoids refined carbs and sugar that elevate cholesterol and trigger inflammation. We don't know the long-term effects of keto diet yet on the kidneys. Of course, if one chooses a whole food plant based diet, it is essential to keep vitamin B12 and vitamin D in a good range which might require supplementation. I have a hunch the seemingly benefit of keto comes largely from eliminating sugar and refined carbs. In our Lifestyle Center, our guests with high cholesterol eat a vegetarian diet, exercise, and have hydrotherapy. Their high cholesterol levels drop by 30 percent within 11 days.
I take 60mg of duloxitine daily for fibromyalgia and DISH. I haven't been diagnosed with diabetes or peripheral neuropathy but my feet are beginning to get lightening like pains on the tops just a few times a week. I have an appointment with my doctor in four weeks but wouldn't mind having good info to show him. I think a lot of my doctor. He has worked hard to reduce the chronic pain I have. I appreciate the videos you guys have made!
My hands, legs and feet burn. I sometimes have to put my feet in cold water. About nine months ago my Dr. Put me on cymbalta. At first it worked, now I am in worse pain than before. In the past two months I am having a difficult time walking. Legs hurt. Feel like crying all the time. Guess I need a different dr
Thank you for your advice.
I have been on Lorazepam for 50 years and I have Idiopathic Peripheral Neuropathy since 2008
I am 69 years old, and i'm not taking any prescription medications non not one. Thanks to our Almighty Creator .
But are you a type 2 diabetic? If so, How did you gradually get off of your pills?
@@williampapadopoulos8145 I never started talking any in the first place.
How you feeling
AND good genes my dear😅
Amen.
Thank you so much for this information that helps in protecting the precious nerves. However, I have wondering about the source of such details as I searched the databases with no success. Thanks once again. Dr. Abdul,😮
I was on paxil til it just didn't help anymore, changed to venlafaxine. Within two weeks I had had the worst peripheral neuropathy symptoms in my feet , but the effectiveness the venlafaxine had on my PTSD was so profound I put up with it til I found alpha lipoic acid supplements. Now, if I miss a dose of the ala I get the stabbing burning in my feet again. And the electrical brain zaps from missing a dose or so of the venlafaxine is torture to say the least. But , I'm grateful to have it so I can function to an average degree. My Dr. Kept saying I didn't have diabetes and I'm sure doubted my complaints about my feet until I looked up rare side effects of venlafaxine and was able to show her it wasn't in my head . ❣️
@Brian tompkins
Ive been taking ambien for probably 10 years, and have burning foot pain. Thank you for the very well researched, medical side effects on these medications
Dr didn't tell me that longterm use of Ambien and sleeping pills cause addiction to it.
I had withdrawal symptoms to gradually stop using them.
@debbievanbrunning4802: I just left a comment. This video randomly showed up in my UA-cam feed. I’ve been on Ambien (zolpidem) for 25 years. I have such nerve pain in my feet for years and - of course - have had to take either Gabapentin or Lyrica - 2 Satan drugs that I finally weaned myself off of and have just been suffering with the pain. I had no idea that Ambien could be the cause of nerve damage. I feel so outraged that I was never informed of the potential consequence. I’m sitting here speechless.
I attribute my neuropathy to ambien. No longer on it, quit nearly two years ago, neuropathy still here and getting worse.
Im taking Ambien too. Ive had foot numbness along with burning sensations when its hot weather and freezing feet when its cold. A very unusual sensation.
@Jerrold Frank: Well - that is disheartening. I’m sorry. I wish I would have known about this years ago. Glad I did not fill the prescription for Dulozetine that I recently received. I read about it before starting it and thought no way I’m putting that poison in my body. I’m so disappointed in doctors for not informing me of potential consequences. Now I have to figure out how to wean off of zolpidem. I tried a few years ago and after the 3rd night of no sleep I gave up. Couldn’t function.
Statins and all meds far cholesteral caused so much pain in my legs hard to even walk.
Consulting with my doctors is like talking to a wall , between beta blockers and statins I'm almost done . The last appointment i had with my cardiologist she blew it off and rescheduled for 4 months later they could care less
I've been on losartin and have been experiencing burning sensation in my right toes/foot. Once it was so bad I could hardly walk on it. I hate taking this medication. I am 71 and I feel as though my doctor wants me to have so many tests and prescribes medication that I won't even take. This is such an awful experience to go through. I feel it is condescending and demeaning. I have been refusing some of them and she's not happy. She actually spoke to me in a scolding manner at my last visit.
Losartin isn't on the list. I'm 73 and have been taking it for 20 years. No problems.
@@islandgirl6344 I was taking 100 MG and was feeling lightheaded in the mornings, dropped it down to 25MG under the doctor's supervision, made a big difference and my BP is under control.
Anti anxiety, anti depressants, calcium channel blockers for higher tension, statins
Why don’t you just stop taking these meds, and eat healthy and exercise. They are accelerating your demise.
Feels like gout? My friend had the same symptoms. He experienced swollen ankle & knee pain. It prevented him from driving & disabled his overall mobility. It was diagnosed as gout. Essentially the cinditiin reversed, after he stopped the medication.
Hydralazine a BP RX is also known to cause neuropathy! I began getting neuropathy almost immediately after being put on it, yet 3 specialists are in denial. Finally a nephrologist is helping me get off it!
Great video. Would you please add a new video on food and vitamins that help with reducing neuropathy's pain.
Alpha lipoic acid is good for neuropathy.
Functional Medicine Drs and Naturopaths are very expensive . My neighbor’s mother is a functional med. doctor. $700/visit. I declined. I wish I didn’t have to! I LOVE this website! Thank you! 🙆♀️🌷
Hi,
I just came across your channel. I'm 63 and have been diagnosed with idiopathic peripheral neuropathy for about 20 years. This video was eye opening as I take several of these drugs - for good reasons. The IPN has progressed into my hands. Very interested in your thoughts on what I should do.
My mom had neuropathy, and she's not diabetic. Looks like her blood pressure medications were the cause. It caused her a lot of pain in her feet
Dear Doctor, could you be able to point me in the directions for resources about cymbala side effects. After 9 years on this drug I couldn’t walk. After getting off it i can walk and move pain free. You are so right and the only UA-cam doctor to have the balls to speak up.
Thank you so much Sir.
This website does an excellent job covering the information: www.alternativetomeds.com/blog/long-term-effects-cymbalta/
Thank you for the information. I wonder for the life of me why was I having the problem with my legs, now I know. The side effects of the only medicine I have ever taken. This is great.
Holy crap! My husband is on or has been at least one from every group! It’s no wonder why his nerve damage is getting worse
Recently diagnosed with Type2 Diabetes. Besides my A1C, everything else is good. BP, Cholesterol, Kidneys, Liver, etc.. Besides the diabetest treatment, by Dr. insisted that he put me on Crestor/Rosuvastatin, despite my concern about 'overmedicating'. After watching thsi video, my next conversation with him will be to discuss this topic. I have some early sumptoms of peripheral neuropathy in my feet, and do not want to take 'just in case' meds that may worsen the condition. His reasoning for prescribing it was that 'diabetics are predisposed to heart attacks', which is very likely true. In my case, my cholesterol numbers were on the good side of normal, and I do not have any other concerns in that regard. I've been very fit my entire life, and still do a lot of semi-competitive cycling. At this point I feel the neurapathy is as big of a threat as heart conditions.
It's all about big pharma being able to have a person on several drugs for their entire lives-it's a constant revenue stream for them. There are plenty of ways to keep yourself reasonably healthy without mega-doses of pills every day. At 61 I have made the choice not to take any prescription medications, and I feel phenomenal. Exercise on a daily basis, keep my weight under control, and I've learned the power of the word no when it comes to the medical community.
Yes I'm taking Lipitor 20mg for over 5 years & now having muscle pain , flexibility issues & slight numbness in my extremes. I don't exercise daily but walk for about 30mts & coach Tennis once a week that lasts 4hrs. Will appreciate your kind advice. Thanks.
Hi Kumar. First and most importantly you need to be taking Ubiquinol (the active form of CoQ10) because Statins completely deplete this. Secondly, you need to take Acetyl L Carnitine to protect your nerves from the damage that Statins will due. Next, you need to work with a functional medicine (FM) doctor in your area that can get your cholesterol levels where they need to be without this horrible drug. To find a FM doctor in your area use this link: www.ifm.org/find-a-practitioner/?
Blessings.
Lipitor destroyed my father’s hip. Caused him to have a pronounced uneven hip so he became unable to walk properly.
Looks like one leg is shorter than the other. He is now on a walker with hip, knee and muscle pain! So sad! He also started to have dementia even though he stopped the statins 20 yrs ago.
The damage is already done!
It's great to find a truth doctor, I'm sure going to keep track of this man.
I have been prescribed Lovastatin. I am implementing a better diet and walking. I don't want to be so dependent on all the medications I have been prescribed. I am reversing that trend. Who's with me?
Thank you for the truth on the BP meds. Now I know what's causing my problems.
Because of narrowed arteries, I’ve taken atorvastatin for many years. The first few years was 20 mg, then 40 mg and then finally 80 mg. I finally convinced the new dr. That that is why I lost 30 pounds, had 4-10 times a day diarrhea, and had to be infused because my hemoglobin was so low. After a week at 40 mg, diarrhea gone. But the story doesn’t end there, the doctor was so concerned about my weight loss that she insisted I needed a cscan. The scan has now damaged my kidneys. Just found a new doctor I’m seeing next week. I take Losartan because of my kidneys now. Not recommended?
Thank you, even though I have a feeling Neuropathy I don’t take any medicines that you mentioned. I just take vitamins. 84 and feeling wonderful except for the tingling of my feet. Thank you for all the information.
NW TigerWoodard So glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching!
Thank you for being Truthful!
Marilyn Malone You are so very welcome!
I am on a few of the medications you listed, and I have severe peripheral neuropathy. If I can get off of these meds, will my neuropathy improve? The pain is agonizing! I can’t sleep, it hurts to walk, I’m in misery, and I’m only 57.
Same here
Anti anxiety meds, anti depressants, calcium channel blockers, statins. Thank you doctor!!!!
I've been taking amlodipine, gabapentine for fobromyalgia and pain also quitiapine is these combination contribute to my leg pain
I am on atorvastatin long term and have severe neuropathy in my feet. This video was truly eye opening. I just downloaded the video to play again in case it goes away here on youtube. I am 74 years old. I am having surgery this week to remove a tumor from my pancreas. I have no idea if that is related. I have already had a 5 way bypass.
How about gabapentin and lexipro??
Thanks
I developed really bad DIPN from Zoloft and didn’t realize the connection until it was too late…. now I have peripheral neuropathy forever
I can’t begin to thank you enough for making this video! I’m sending it out to lots of people I know as there are lots of people that need to hear this so thank you again! My mother has been on some of this medication for way too many years.
I'm on many of these meds and do have Peripheral Neuropathy. Now seeing this there will be a change! Thank you for your help!
ShangriLA Homestead So glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching!
We can also congradulate you for your high ethics , to speack the truth
I love your hot air balloon lamp! Thanks for the vital info on neuropathy caused by or made worse by certain prescription meds.
Ambien, Buspirone, Klonopin, Diazepam, Cymbalta, Felodipine, and Zocor. I have neuropathy very bad now. I am on max dose’s of these drugs for at least 25 years. Thank you for this information. It has opened my eyes to the problems. By the way I also took a max dose of Effexor for years. (450 mg) It took a whole summer to slowly get off of it at 37 1/2 mg. per every 2 weeks. It damaged my heart so I had to get off of it.
Thank you for your honesty! I was put on statins and very shortly experienced pain in both shoulders, hips, and knees. That is when I started researching statins. It seems the whole world knows how bad statins are, except for pill pushers in the United States! It is all about the money.
Keep researching because here on YT there are cardiologists, MDs and scientists that have revealed more about how "bad cholesterol" came to be named. Pharma funded the studies back in the late 50s. Read up on how the body needs cholesterol. Statins are evil in my opinion. There is no definitely link of high LDL to arteriosclerosis IF all your other markers are good: weight, BP, HDL, TRIglyc, etc.
Everyone is different. Some people are allergic to penicillin. I'm allergic to sulfa drugs. Some people could die from taking them. Does that mean that penicillin and sulfa meds are evil and should be taken off the market? Of course not! Likewise, some people can't take statins because they have undesirable side effects. But I have been on a statin for years, with absolutely no problems. No, "the whole world" doesn't "know how bad statins are!" Getting all upset about any medication causing side effects in some people and insisting that they are bad drugs is an extreme reaction. If you get side effects from a medication, don't take it. But I'm not willing to chuck out medicatons that are beneficial for some people just because others can't take them. Let's not throw out the baby with the bath water, for goodness' sake! Every medication will cause side effects in some people, but what's your solution? Going back to the stone age? I'm staying on my statin, because it isn't bad for me.
Glad you were proactive to your health. Most people won't realize the damages done to thier body until its too late. I don't know why anyone would want to take a "black boxed" medicine...when they could adapt simple life changes.
Every one of the statins are different too.
I personally cannot tolerate Lipitor.
Any other statin is ok.
My Dad developed dementia from years on a Statin drug. It started with an A. I can’t spell it. I refuse to take a Statin drug. I was even able to get off Metformin. Intermittent fasting works wonders. Keeps my A1C in check. 😊
I take Citalopram and Diltiazem, I am experiencing extremely stiff joints, neck pain and pain throughout my entire body. I need to get off these medications. I will call my doctor to discuss. Thank you very much for the information. I had no idea what was causing my body so much pain.
I take ramipril for my blood pressure and rosuvastastin for cholesterol and have been taking for 9 years now. I now have diabetes and suffer from terrible neuropathy in my feet especially. My doctor won’t change my drugs because I have atrial fibrillation and left ventricular atrophy to the heart. He says the drugs keep my heart stable. I never realised my neuropathy was caused by the drugs.
Your doctor is not God but plays a god. Your body was created to naturally heal itself and God put plants here to assist us. These medications do not help us but cause more damage. Doctors are lied to in school and HAVE to follow protocol or lose their license. Watch a video about how the Rockefellers bought out all medical schools during the great depression and forbade all use of natural medicine and you will understand the great deception in the medical field. Do NOT look to a doctor as an "expert". They are owned by big pharma.
Eat a clove of raw garlic every day to lower bp, also lowers blood sugars.
I've already suffered with PN, so if you are on statins, ask your doctor if it's absolutely necessary to take your statins every single day... my cardiologist told me it's not necessary to take statins every day... I'm on Simvastatin (Zocor). This is purely subjective, but I had started taking my Zocor every OTHER day (before my doctor told me this), and my cholesterol/lipids labs looked great. So it might help to minimize the risk (or severity) of PN, if you must stay on statins, to check with your doc to decrease your statins dose or frequency (or both)... then check levels in six months. The video did suggest alternatives to statins, which i haven't tried yet.
Antidepressants. You didn't mention bupropion (Wellbutrin), but it sure did a number on me. Peripheral Neuropathy AND moderately severe PEM. Very depressing. Unexpectedly, a ketogenic diet helped immensely, if slow. Glad I found your channel!
I have been taking Bupropion for about 18 months and have developed nerve issues. I'm weining myself off now. I have taken Clonazepam for about a decade before Bupropion with no issues. I've gone through 4 sets of back injections with little to no effect. Hopefully things will clear up once I'm rid of the Bupropion.
I have been on bupropion for years and the neuropathy is debilitating. Constant Pain for years and years. Did you come off or just change the diet? I use too much sugar and keep blaming the sugar on the neuropathy.
PEM ???
Wellbutrin XL extended release or Wellbutrin SR sustained release 🤔
Just came off. Quit cold-turkey. Ouch. But the neuropathy didn't improve until after I adopted a ketogenic lifestyle a few years later. Improvement started after only a few weeks.
My wife is suffering terrible pain in her legs and feet due to neuropathy. She has to wait ages to see a consultant. Your video is very informative. She has been on Amitriptyline for several years. I think she should phone her G.P. and ask if she could come off them gradually. I recently bought her a natural product called "Cell Restorer". These capsules are said to renew every cell in the body. Their main ingredient is blue algae.
I am 67 and I am taking Pravastatin Sodium. I been on them for about 13 years. I have sharking pain down my right leg to my ankle. I also have hot feeling like needles sticking in my foot and also burning pain in my foot. It comes and goes.
I took "Pristique", an anti depressant, for less than 1 month, decided I didn't need it and started slowly weening myself off. Those electric shocks in my brain lasted for months afterward. Never again!
I’m so glad you shared this with us! Thank you so much!
You are so welcome!
I'm 59 and take 14 meds including 2 for nerve damage from a lamenectamy. Also take lorazepam. Also take an antidepressant. When I started taking gabapentin for my nerve damage and pins and needles pain in my feet. I have also been on oxycodone for 14 years. Take a bunch of others after heart attack at age 50.
I've been on Xanax for nearly 25 years for sleep. 😢 and Crestor.
My dad swears he lost good use of his legs when his meds were increased. Guess he is right. He takes a statin and metformin.
I’m 75yo, on Buspirone. Taking 1800MG of Gabapentin a day for Peripheral Neuropathy. COPD, Cancer ( finished Chemo & Radiation 11-15-23), type 2 diabetic (the nerve damage was 15 years prior to diabetes, pre-diabetic for last 3 years)
I currently take Verapamil and Hydrochlorothiazide. My cholesterol level is 226 and she prescribed atorvastatin but I refused to take it. I’m trying diet and exercising first. I also weaned myself off of Cymbalta a few years ago. The brain zaps were horrible and I still have them years later, from time to time. Horrible drug
try eating 4-5 walnuts every morning. my cholesterol is much better. my Dr. was surprised.
I was taking Atovstatin and I have pains in my feet and partial numbness in my legs. They feel like I have socks going up to mid calf. I quit the statin and I am using a vitamin. I took that statin for a lot of years.
I was on Cymbalta for years. I stopped it cold turkey against my doctors wishes. Luckily I didn't have any symptoms during that time.
I am a Camp Lejeune toxic water survivor, from drinking the water almost 40 years ago I have CIDP. A year ago was taking prescription statins for Cholesterol. I quite taking them and changed my diet and lowed my cholesterol, because it made my systems worse.
Peripheral Neuropathy was one of of the many adverse effects I had from statins. Unfortunately, I had to figure it out on my own. Neither my PCP nor the neurologist I went to made the connection. Before they invented high cholesterol, I doubt this would have happened.
Doctors don't find much that isn't trendy.
This assisted living facility is too much. They brought me here but feel that they abandoned
Me
Apollo In Hollywood. I Need to survive so I don’t complain
Not enough staff and too many residents.! I have needs and feelings….😮 someone needs to evaluate this
Place and help us.
@@patriciadoty6268 Do you have family or close friend near your facility that you can confide in? My Dad looked after a long time neighbor when he went into a nursing home and my Mom (ex Psych Nurse) advised my Dad to go visit George unannounced at different times of the day (to witness different staff / changing shifts).
In George’s case the facility passed all my Moms tests, but this was also a few years before the plandemic.
@@patriciadoty6268 Are you in CA or FL?
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Thank you so much for the info my husband on amlopidine and I am on felopidine wonder is there an alternative ?
Based on this video alone , I've subbed right away. Looking forward to more info on neuropathy health.
I took Levaquin for a sinus infection. After awhile I noticed my feet tingling and then up my legs. I went to Mayo Clinic, and they had no clue where this was coming from! 10 years later, they discovered it was from Levaquin and Cipro and it has a nickname: Flurries!
Are you still suffering from PN? I took it too and was wondering if it's permanent
Every medication has risks. I would want to compare the risks of stopping my meds with the risk that studies reveal about taking them. Where can I find a comparison like that?
This is very informational ,,will there be(or do you have plans for a follow up with alternative.???
I quit taking them all .
… great video; learned of the potential cause/causes of my nerve damage deriving from taking 5mg of Amlodipine twice a day. Aside, does the initial onset of tinnitus before the discomfort in the feet indicate anything significant. Have you all noticed any pattern with patients who reported symptoms of ringing in the ears; and THEN months later, symptoms of cold toes?
Hey there Mackay. Always great to hear from you. Great question about tinnitus. The fact that it showed up first isn't necessarily tantamount to the foot symptoms. I've seen this happen before but never with any real pattern. Blessings.
Got it… I’m about 6 months into the use of your two Nuphoria nerve support formulas in addition to other lifestyle changes, of course… but getting cold here in NJ so… tough season to judge progress. I can say for certain that the symptoms have not gotten worse.
I suffered with ringing in my ears, but since I stopped taking Amlodipine, it has stopped.
I have had tinnitus for many years. No cold toes. Just cold feet of i wander around at night with no socks on. 😊
69 yeR old here. Quit Atorastatin and the leg and feet cramp decreased a lot right away. Now I will talk with PCP about Amlodipine I'm now taking.
Thank you for taking time to research each medication and posting this video.
I have been taking Sertraline to help with depression for more than ten years but recently, within the past year, I have developed severe tremors in my left hand but not as severe in my right hand. Do you believe there might be a connection between taking Sertraline and hand tremors. Thank you so much for your response in advance!
Really we are short of such guiding doctors who expose the harm behind medications we are using. Thank you Dr.
I am 75 with severe neuropathy and fearing to take any medicine.
Please advise.
😊 This video just came up on my recommended. Thanks for the info.
I’m taking some of the meds you spoke about. Thank you for the enlightenment.
I am using rosuvastin , I first tried valsartin and it made me so sick to my stomach. It was also very painful to use. It also made me sleep alot. I thought was dying using that medicine. I felt awful trying to use it, I couldn't keep anything down.
Wow, I just recently asked my VA doctor for her advise on the growing number of meds I’m taking, and are there any potential complications? NO RESPONSE. This video was an eye opener. Many thanks as I’m on one Rx from each list. How do I find an Rx coach?
Ask your pharmacist.
They have to tell you if there’s an interaction. Your file should have had a warning come up when you ordered new meds
My LDL was up just one point, and my doctor wanted to start me on a statin...... I told him not only no, but HELL NO. So I went out, and got it back down, then had a calcium score done and I got a 2 out of 400, I guess my approach is better and safer than his.
Thank God I found your posts! You are God sent. Keep up your work; serving humanity with your knowledge. I am sad for what BP pharmaceutical drugs have done to my health - nerve damages all over my body. Thanks for your guidance.
Wish I had found Keto a long time ago and saved myself a lot of pain and suffering.
I have read that keto clears up a lot of inflammation - which meds did you replace with keto? Thanks 😊
That's a fact. All of my joint pains went away, even those associated with nerve damage. I was taking meds for diabetes, blood pressure and gout before. I don't take anything now except vitamin D, K2 and iodine. Probably don't need the iodine but to much is better than to little.