I’ve had several people describe this to me as a side effect:
Cognitive side effects like memory loss and fuzzy thinking aren’t listed on the patient information sheet for Lipitor, the popular cholesterol-lowering drug. But some doctors are voicing concerns that in a small portion of patients, statins like Lipitor may be helping hearts but hurting minds.
“This drug makes women stupid,” Orli Etingin, vice chairman of medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital, declared at a recent luncheon discussion sponsored by Project A.L.S. to raise awareness of gender issues and the brain. Dr. Etingin, who is also founder and director of the Iris Cantor Women’s Health Center in New York, told of a typical patient in her 40s, unable to concentrate or recall words. Tests found nothing amiss, but when the woman stopped taking Lipitor, the symptoms vanished. When she resumed taking Lipitor, they returned.
“This drug makes women stupid,” Orli Etingin, vice chairman of medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital, declared at a recent luncheon discussion sponsored by Project A.L.S. to raise awareness of gender issues and the brain.
So high cholesterol may explain Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin,
Mo Dowd, and Dianne Feinstein?
Not just women. I’ve known several men who’ve had similar side effects on the stuff.
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What about the controversy (very low key) about too-low cholesterol causing depression? Depressed people are not known for performing at peak - “stupid”.
I had a bad experience with a cholesterol lowering drug. The doc liked the results, but I felt like crap, so I googled it and found that there’s a whole community out there and a theory to boot. We need some cholesterol for brain function but docs don’t aim for the optimum, they aim for as low as possible.