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Do Statins Really Make People Stupid?

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Do Statins Really Make People Stupid?

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Do Statins Really Make People Stupid? Wednesday February 13, 2008#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3)In yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, Dr. Orli Etingin, vice chairman of medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital, is quoted as saying about the statin drug Lipitor, “This drug makes women stupid.” Dr. Etingin was referring to several cases she personally has seen in which patients (Dr. Etingin’s patients apparently are all women) taking statins found themselves unable to concentrate, to remember words, or in other ways experienced a cognitive deficit. The deficits went away when the statin was stopped, according to Dr. Etingin. This is not the first time statins have been implicated in memory loss, and the question of whether statins produce this side effect has been studied several times, although imperfectly. The verdict so far: The evidence is conflicting and the qu