Dr. Lee Miller

Natural Health & Health Science Editor/Author

Statins and Memory Loss

Memory loss, confusion and alzheimer's may sometimes be caused by the cholesterol lowering class of drugs called Statins.

I don't know if you are seeing the news reports today on cholesterol lowering drugs in the drug class of statins. These statin drugs are being found to have the side effect of causing memory loss and sometimes confusion.  Some people are even being diagnosed with alzheimer's because of this class of drug, the statins. Lipitor is in the statin class of drugs as are many other of the cholesterol lowering drugs.

This following story on a grandmother's memory loss was on Good Morning America on (02/13/2008) with Diane Sawyer reporting.  I hope that this story will soon be in all news media, but often conditions caused by drugs are often not as fully told as it was today. I congratulate Good Morning America on their fine reporting.

In the Good Morning America story a grandmother was having memory loss and her daughter could not trust her to take care of the granddaughter any longer.  The mother did research on the internet on memory loss and found a few reports on memory loss being caused by statin drugs.  The grandmothers doctor would not take her off of the statin drugs.  So they found another doctor and took her off of the statin drugs.  She is now controlling her high cholesterol with a proper diet. 
 
After getting off of the statin drug the grandmother said that she doesn't want to be a patient in a nursing home because of memory loss and being able to brag to the other patients that she has the lowest cholesterol. She wants to be with her family and living a happy life

Side effects of prescription drugs

This is why my web site www.naturalroute.com is very strong on each and every person be aware of the side effects of the prescription drugs that they take.  Have you read the long brochure that comes with each of your prescription drugs? 

It will perhaps frighten you when you read the health conditions that prescription drugs can cause.  Most people don't read the brochure that comes with their prescriptions, do you?

Some disease's are caused by prescription drugs

If you are taking prescription drugs for an extended length of time you may find that you will have to take prescription drugs to treat the diseases that your prescription drugs have caused. 

The cycle of bad health often begins with a doctors concerns for your "future health", so you are prescribed a drug as a "preventive drug" and years or even sooner you experience diseases caused by the drugs that you took for a "possible future health condition".

Another problem is that many of the disease conditions that a drug may cause are not listed in the information sheet. Sometimes it takes a long time to bring to our attention the problems of a drug, but it then takes even longer for a drug company to respond to reports of side effects from when they start getting back reports of harmful effects of the drug. Many people believe that the more profitable a drug is the slower the response to take action. Is this true? I don't know the answer to this. What do you think?

The mistaken thought that drugs cure diseases

Most of the time drugs do not cure a disease. If they cured the disease it would mean that you no longer have the disease. Drugs treat the symptoms of disease.

The Natural Health approach to good health

Natural health seekers try to find the cause of a disease and then change the cause of the health problem. There is a big difference in the approach to disease treatment between conventional medicine and natural healing.

The cycle often begins when a person does not lead a healthy lifestyle and thinks a drug will cure the diseases brought on by a unhealthy life.  Living a healthy life begins at the grocery cart.

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Each person is responsible for their own health. Being aware of the side effects of prescription drugs is important to your staying well through out your life. So you can live a long and healthy life. 

When I am researching a disease condition I always include in my internet search two very important words, they are "natural cure".  Try it you will be surprised at the new world that you are shown. Ask and the answer will be given.

Doctors and pharmaceutical companies will tell you that statistically you "probably will not get any of the side effects" of their drugs.  Therefore, in the case of memory loss and alzheimer's what statistic is acceptable? 

Sure don't worry it "probably" won't happen to you or your loved one's. What are the statistics on it happening to you?

Believe me I don't want to take any chances with my health. One day at a time I work on living a healthier life. It's one healthy choice at a time.

What will you do if a statin drug does cause memory loss and alzheimer's to you or a loved one?  You probably won't even know what happened to you and you are then relying on your loved one who are relying on your doctor who is relying on the drug companies to be ethical and honest.  This is scary to me.  The drug companies are putting profit before good health.  Prevent ill health now by starting a healthy life. 

The natural methods of health

Detoxifying and cleansing the body of toxins

I would suggest that you start with learning how to detoxify your body of the harmful chemicals. There are many methods. Explore the detoxification methods in the natural health world.

I start my day with a good "green drink" that includes Chlorella, spirulina, barley and wheat grass powder. I also take the antioxidants, vitamin E, selenium, alpha lipoic acid, pycnogenol (grape seed extract) and quercetin along with at least 50mg of a vitamin B complex taken with a meal.

For the seriously toxic person you might want to read my article on Optimum Health.

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