Well, I had my appointment today with my cardiologist whom I told that I had taken myself off of Lipitor. He had requested a blood test to see if there was real muscle damage...I am not convinced he can tell that. But, I do have neuropathy and it improved greatly after going off Lipitor. Guess what? He put me on a different statin...and, said, I may have to live with the side effects because I had to have my cholesterol low.....to be continued....:)