Remember the good old days when statins were the safest drug to take? Oh, wait, that was last month.

I am currently on a statin. I began a few years ago when I read an article that alleged that statins could help prevent Alzheimer's. This was of no small concern to me since my Mom had died from Alzheimer's and women are more likely to die from Alzheimer's than men (65% of Alzheimer's patients are women, 35% are men); even more so if their mother had Alzheimer's - but that's another story. So...