A 2009 Pharmacotherapy study published by Golomb and Marcella A. Evans, a graduate student at the University of California, Irvine, analyzed the characteristics of 171 statin users who reported cognitive side effects. Their findings suggest that people who take the more potent statins—Crestor and Lipitor—are at an increased risk compared with people who take weaker statins.
Graveline, for one, is certain that Lipitor was to blame for his 1999 amnesia incident. Although he immediately stopped taking the drug, his doctor—who was skeptical—convinced him a year later to give it another shot. Sure enough, after another eight weeks of treatment, he suffered a second episode.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
It's Not Dementia, It's Your Heart Medication: Cholestrol Drugs and Memory: Scientific American
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