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Statins are known to cause cognitive problems, is that the cause linked to CVD cognition problems?

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Statins are known to cause cognitive problems, is that the cause linked to CVD cognition problems?

Paul

08/09/08

Paul

Topics:cognitive decline with statins

There are 625 reported cases of severe cognitive defecits reported to the FDA related to statin use. There was a report out about cardiac disease associted with cardiac disease. Is the decreased cognition due to the use of statins in that study on your website?

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James Axe

Saturday, August 09, 2008

Hello,My Heart DR recently put me on 1 and It made me feel weird all over my legs were like rubber at times,and i fely numb almost from head to toe,and im not sure if my memory issues were made worse by it or not as I had previous issues with my memories,It also seemed to make me really tired as well as well as stomach issues so i stopped taking it recently,till i see heart dr again,I recently had a heart Cath a few weeks ago too..Jim

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