June 22, 2007 -- Two different kinds of cholesterol-lowering drugs may lower the risk of nerve damage in the hands and feet of people with diabetes. It's a condition known as peripheral neuropathy. Symptoms -- pain, tingling, weakness, or numbness in the feet and hands -- afflict at least half of people with diabetes.Now there's preliminary evidence that so-called lipid-lowering drugs might protect people with diabetes from peripheral neuropathy.ymptoms -- pain, tingling, weakness, or numbness in the feet and hands -- afflict at least half of people with diabetes. Now there's preliminary evidence that so-called lipid-lowering drugs might protect people with diabetes from peripheral neuropathy.
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