Re: Cognitive problems with simvastatin?


Sharon Hope wrote:
> This cognitive damage from statin drugs is well documented. My husband was
> on Lipitor in his early 50's at 10mg/day for 4 years and experienced not
> only the cognitive, but also the muscle and nerve damage adverse effects. At
> the end of that period his short term memory loss was so grave it measured
> on NP testing at below the 1 percentile. Three and a half years later, he
> is now 58 and with intensive cognitive rehabilitation therapy, he has
> improved somewhat but is still in the impaired range and officially and
> effectively disabled.
>
> His symptoms included every one you mentioned: problems with sequence,
> suddenly "waking up" to find he had done something or gone someplace without
> realizing it, restarting the same task over and over because he could not
> remember that he had started it, problems with finding the correct word
> (aphasia), and some witnessed episodes of transient global amnesia. Also
> confusion, lack of concentration, and 'big ragged holes in memory.' His
> case of Lipitor memory loss and cognitive damage has been confirmed, and is
> included in 2 studies and 2 books. In addition, his story appeared in Smart


He's in two case reports. Which confirms NOTHING. There are no clinical
or diagnostic criteria for statin brain injury. Nobody can make that
diagnosis. "Confirmed" is not a word to use anywhere near it.

SBH

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