Posted by
ap111 on September 06, 2000 at 14:26:24:
In Reply to: memory loss and lipitor posted by john mcguire on September 05, 2000 at 18:45:07:
: when you get a little older and things start changing in your body your doctor starts pumping in the
: newest drug on the market to fix you up but then other problems come up and the doctor then gives you another drug for that problem,
: on and on you go down a dead end road. i'll bet some of the people on here with memory problems are also on lipitor or a statin drug!
: please check this out and if you are try stopping the drug for awhile or have your doctor change you to a different drug.
: i was on lipitor and thought i was getting alzheimers, stopped lipitor and my memory came back.
: try it and e mail me back to let me know if it works
: thanks john
: codycat@bellatlantic.net
Hey, John, did this memory loss happen with other statin drugs too? What did your doctor say about this side effect? It sounds like a potentially very serious one that no one hears off from either the doctors or the manufacturer.
