New Brunswick, NJ – According to HealthCanel, “Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs most likely do not cause short-term memory loss, according to a Rutgers University and University of Pennsylvania study of nearly one million patients – contrary to prior assertions.”
Rutgers and University of Pennsylvania researchers examined the link between cholesterol-lowering drugs and memory impairment and determined statins likely do not cause short-term memory loss.
Limited previous studies and some statin-drug takers have anecdotally reported memory lapses after taking popular lipid-lowering drugs (LLDs) called statins, said Brian L. Strom, chancellor of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) and lead study author. The result has been that some people have stopped taking their statins, inappropriately, Strom said.
For the full article: http://www.healthcanal.com/mental-health-behavior/64258-taking-statins-don%E2%80%99t-worry-about-memory-loss,-rutgers-university-of-pennsylvania-study-finds.html
Limited previous studies and some statin-drug takers have anecdotally reported memory lapses after taking popular lipid-lowering drugs (LLDs) called statins, said Brian L. Strom, chancellor of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) and lead study author. The result has been that some people have stopped taking their statins, inappropriately, Strom said.
For the full article: http://www.healthcanal.com/mental-health-behavior/64258-taking-statins-don%E2%80%99t-worry-about-memory-loss,-rutgers-university-of-pennsylvania-study-finds.html
