Do You Have Memory Loss? Statins May Be to Blame

Many doctors fail to tell their patients that cholesterol-lowering statin drugs can cause memory loss—and many patients never connect the dots themselves. In fact, I’m convinced that a lot of what we call “senior moments” is really a drug reaction to statins. Here’s the reason…

Cholesterol is vital for efficient brain function. According to Yeon Kyun Shin, a biophysics expert at Iowa State University, “If you deprive cholesterol from the brain, then you directly affect the machinery that triggers the release of neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters affect the data processing and memory functions. In other words—how smart you are and how well you remember things.”

Dr. Shin’s comments were published by the university in connection with a study appearing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Other studies have also linked the potential for dementia with a decline in total cholesterol.

What’s the bottom line for you? In my opinion, the only people who should be on a statin drug are middle-aged males with coronary artery disease. That’s the only part of the population that truly benefits. I’m also adamantly against statin drugs for cholesterol lowering in younger to middle-aged women because the benefits are not worth the risk.

Should you be on statin drugs? Get the information you need to know.

Now it’s your turn: Have you or anyone you know experienced memory issues while taking statin drugs?

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