摘要背景周围神经病变是一种严重的糖尿病并发症, 在某些情况下可导致下肢丧失功能甚至截肢
. 自从他汀类药物问世以来, 其使用日益增加. 最近的报告表明他汀类药物可以影响周围神经病变 …

Background Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is a complaint with often unidentified reasons.
Some medicines, including statins therapy, are anticipated to be amongst the reasons for …

Purpose To examine the association between use of statins and risk of deterioration of
peripheral nerve function. Methods We prospectively followed patients who initiated statin …

Objectives Peripheral neuropathy (PN), as an adverse reaction attributed to statin drugs, as
well as the beneficial neuroprotective properties of statins, have been widely reported and …

Various pharmacologic agents are available for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia,
including 3‐hydroxy‐3‐methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG‐CoA) reductase inhibitors …

Background: Several case reports and a single epidemiologic study indicate that use of
statins occasionally may have a deleterious effect on the peripheral nervous system. The …

Aim In a previous study, we found a positive association between statin use and
polyneuropathy risk. Other studies reported equivocal results. The present study aimed to …

In 2002, Gaist and colleagues reported the results of a population-based study suggesting
that exposure to statins substantially increased the risk of polyneuropathy. 6 The Gaist study …

OBJECTIVES: To confirm the changes in the results of EMG assessment of lowerlimb
peripheral nerves in patients treated with statins in the longer follow-up period of 3 years …

Objective To investigate whether there is an association between cholesterol-lowering
medication use, specifically statins, and chronic polyneuropathy. Methods A literature study …