Also studies have shown that in reality, these drugs have shown to be of no known effect. And aslo abnormalities of tau have been found to cause other lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease). Abnormal tau proteins promote the formation of the neurofibrillary tangles that appear in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Statins also effect tau, a protein made by brain cells that helps maintain their structure. Deficiencies in this essential compound are known to underlie the muscle problems and heart failure so often linked with statins. When the enzymes are blocked, cholesterol goes down, but so does CoQ10-by as much as 50 percent in some patients. These drugs destroy the production of coenzyme Q10, which is required for energy production in the mitochondria of the cells. Your brain can also be harmed from these statins in other ways too. New data from data from the ongoing Framingham Heart Study demonstrates that older people with low total cholesterol (under 200) are much more likely to perform poorly on tests of mental function than those with high cholesterol (over 240). So in otherwords, should cholesterol fall below normal levels, suicide and violent behavior have been linked to the problem. In fact, cholesterol is so important that it is manufactured by the glial cells in the supportive tissues of the brain. And recent studies also show that we need cholesterol for the formation of synapses, the areas between neurons where nerve impulses are transmitted and received. Your brain already contains cholesterol, much of it in the myelin sheaths that insulate the neurons and speed up nerve conduction. Sure enough, he had another episode of TGA, this one lasting 12 hours. His doctor disregarded his concerns and, a year later, talked him into getting back on the drug. Graveline, who was in excellent health, had a hunch that Lipitor was involved because he had just started taking it, and it was the only drug he was on. She managed to get him to his doctor, who was perplexed by this episode of severe memory loss, which passed after a few hours. Six weeks later, his wife found him wandering around their driveway, unable to recognize her, or his surroundings. Graveline was put on Lipitor to lower his moderately elevated cholesterol. But the word is getting out, thanks to people like former astronaut Duane Graveline, MD, MPH, and researcher Beatrice Golomb, MD, PhD. Without these warnings, most doctors and patients attribute this to alzheimers. To make matters worse, government and cardiology “opinion leaders” are so conflicted by drug money that they ignore the obvious red flags. It is estimated that 2% of the patients taking statins suffer from memory loss. Now Lipitor is the best selling drug in America but nowhere does it state that one of the side effects is amnesia. And doctors aren’t telling them about it either, largely because they don’t know about it themselves. Of the more than 12 million Americans who take the drugs don’t associate memory loss to them. And these are just the tip of the iceberg. Hundreds of cases of statin-induced memory loss and TGA have been reported to MedWatch, the FDA’s system for filing adverse drug events. Not only do these drugs cause muscle pain and weakness, but cognitive problems are the second-most common side effect of Lipitor, Zocor, Pravachol, Mevacor, and other cholesterol-lowering statin drugs. What I am talking about is the medical term called TGA or transient global amnesia, brought about by taking statin drugs such as Lipitor and Crestor.
After hearing about the association between statins and memory loss, he stopped taking Zocor, and over the next few months his cognitive function returned to normal. It wasn’t long before he was unable to carry on conversations and recognizing people he’d known for 20 years, and long-term care was looming. Let’s start with telling the story of a retired professor of business law and computer science who was taking Zocor to lower his cholesterol was diagnosed with rapidly progressing probable Alzheimer’s disease.
Now it’s time we went over how these drugs not only effect the muscles of your body, but also what can happen suddenly, when you begin taking the statins. I recently wrote of the dangers of statin drugs that doctors prescribe for those with high cholesterol, but we are just now going over the many side effects these drugs have. TGA (transient global amnesia) and Statin Drugs (Lipitor)
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