Originally published July 15 2004
Statin drugs cause memory loss, mental confusion
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
As this article explains, statin drugs cause terrible side effects for some users, including mental confusion, memory loss and a general loss of mental focus. The drug manufacturers, of course, insist the drugs are safe. But that's what they said about thalidomide, too...
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Some doctors are so high on statins, they seem to think most everyone should take them, that there's no down side.
- Lipitor's maker even says it may help Alzheimer's patients.
- When Jim Matthews needed to slash his cholesterol and heart attack risk, he joined the millions taking the world's top-selling drug, Lipitor.
- Did I give my dog her thyroid pill, or did I just think I gave the dog the thyroid pill?"
- When he came back to his senses, he suspected Lipitor was to blame, but only found one glowing report after another on Lipitor and similar drugs - all called statins.
- In fact, some doctors are so high on statins, they seem to think most everyone should take them, that there's no down side.
- Lipitor's maker even says it may help Alzheimer's patients.
- But researcher Dr. Beatrice Golomb warns the studies generating the bulk of the positive press were funded by the companies that make the drugs, like Pfizer, which earns $9 billion a year from Lipitor.
- Pfizer told us Lipitor's safety is supported by peer reviewed articles and scores of studies,"including the most extensive statin clinical trial program ever conducted."
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