Re: Study: Extra folic acid may protect brain

In article <FeIue.7989$lv.3501@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Bill"
<xxx@xxxxx> wrote:

> "Rita" <nitany_98@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:2phmb1dc72d4mfrvf94ak4chirj7h8t2ao@xxxxxxxxxx
> > On 23 Jun 2005 16:28:16 -0700, "zee" <outrider@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
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> >>While small memory glitches can happen at any age, pervasive memory
> >>loss is not normal in one's 40s and 50s or even 60s and 70s.
> >>
> >>Efforts to minimize the seriousness of statin induced cognitive adverse
> >>effect is typical of what those taking statins and injured by them did,
> >>until it was too late.
> >>
> >>Do not attribute memory problems to aging or allow your physicians to
> >>do that. This is not only ageist but dangerous.
> >>
> >>Memory loss is a symptom not a joke. And brain damage from statins may
> >>be irreversible.
> >
> > The kind of memory loss we have been discussing is
> > an artifact of aging for many. Obviously there are things to be
> > wary about -- it can be a precursor of serious diseases if it
> > worsens.
> >
> > The American Academy of Physicians suggests:
> >
> > Aging may affect memory by changing the way your brain stores information
> > and by making it harder to recall stored information.
> >
> > Your short-term and remote memories aren't usually affected by aging. But
> > your recent memory may be affected. You may forget names of people you've
> > met recently. These are normal changes.
> >
> > So to be more accurate it is recent memory loss that is normal with
> > aging.
> >
> > Obviously, taking statins confounds the picture. I've never said it
> > did not.
> >
> > But I think when recent memory loss occurs, it gives one pause and one
> > wonders if one is developing Alzheimer's disease.
> >
> > There is a difference:
> >
> > The wonder of the brain is that if any of these events are of particular
> > interest to you, you may remember them for months, or years or even for the
> > rest of your life. But if an Alzheimer's patient is among us, who is even
> > in the early stages of the disease and even if he or she thinks that the
> > events are very important, it's very unlikely that they will remember for
> > more than a few hours and certainly not more than a few days.
> >
> > As the disease progresses, the span over which Alzheimer's patients can
> > remember things gradually shrinks--from days and hours to minutes, then to
> > seconds and then to nothing. Unfortunately, this is not only a devastating
> > disease but an extremely common one. We estimate that it affects six
> > million people in the U.S. alone and costs 100 billion dollars a year.
> >
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> My (slight) memory problems may or may not be attributible to statins. But if
> they were, I would continue with the statins.
>
> Bill

Bill,
If you continue to take statins, I hope that you will at least consider reading
"What You Must Know About Statin Drugs and Their Natural Alternatives" by
Jay S. Cohen, MD. When you get the book, read pages 86-90. Dr. Cohen
discusses memory problems on those pages and mentions some people (such as
Dr. Ulene) that now have very serious memory problems due to statins. I
would hate it if you developed serious memory problems.
Jason

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