Since I've heard the statement, I've talked with other people who have parents suffering from dementia. Out of three other friends, all three of them have discovered that their parents also have been on a steady schedule of lipitor for at least a decade.
Maybe we'll be seeing the BAD DRUG commercials for lipitor/Alzheimer's soon.
Amazing! I was on lipitor for years, and went though a steady decline over the last 3 years, ending up in a seizure-type crash. Memory was gone, and my depressions and mood swings had my family in fear. I dropped the lipitor (and a couple other drugs) and have been like a deep sea diver surfacing. Memories are flooding back and my cognizant abilities are returning in greater details daily. I have no doubt that lipitor was the main cause, prescribed by a dr that (I feel) was only interested in the Rx kickback ("Preventative medicine").
People! Take control of your lives! Many (so called) Doctors now are only concerned with their bottom line, and you are a unit to make that happen. They tap into your benefits and milk them for all they can. They also bury their mistakes, and almost buried me!
Thank God I found the strength to pull away and get with a doctor who DID (does) care. His first move was to cut out at least half of my meds, and I took the steps of dropping the lipitor on my own. The payoff has been well worth it. You have the web, so use it! Research your meds and their side effects. Eat right! Get off processed foods, as our diets are also killing us. I did it (dropped 140 lbs) and feel I will actually regain and live a full and useful life now. Let me be your example, because if I can do it...SO CAN YOU!
Dubh