“”Certain statins have been linked to cognitive impairment because they interfere with the brain’s ability to produce cholesterol,” Diamond said.”
That’s a serious concern, or should be.
I’m glad to see its acknowledged.
I took Lipitor and began having really odd short term memory issues. I told my cardiologist and he immediately switched me to Crestor.
Much better now.
I could never prove it, but it is likely that my health event which I describe in my book was precipitated - or, at a minimum, complicated - by my then-ignorant statin exposure which was ceased a mere year prior to said event (which included in the effects 5 years of severe cognitive impairment; I have since recovered and am sharper than my youth).
I remain convinced that I’d have died by now had I not quit the damned pills and fired my so-called ‘doctor’.
Irony: Had I not been rear-ended, I never would have discovered the tailspin that was my health at the time.
I truly believe that I owe my longer, healthy life to a teenager applying makeup in her rearview mirror.
my cardiologist just could not believe I refused to stay on statins after horrible, debilitating leg and back cramps. Just couldn’t believe it.
Tried to scare me describing how cholesterol separates from blood in a centerfuge and the yukie cholesterol is thick on top.
I just said my brain needs cholesterol. He just grunted and turned away.
What the hell good is a functioning heart if my brain is fried??
I contracted an autoimmune muscle disease as a result of statin use. It is chronic, but hopefully not progressive (11 years after original diagnosis). I am otherwise healthy and we are not treating the high cholesterol that triggered my initial statin use.
Statins have also been “alleged” to cause diabetes.