[penguicon-general] Terry Pratchett news

[Ron Blanchett]

I know of several people that have been on statin laden drugs and have
had memory problems and all of the problems they had with there memory
disappeared within days/weeks of ceasing the statin laden drugs.

On 12/17/07, Catherine Olanich Raymond <cathy at thyrsus.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 13 December 2007, Michael Rudas (computer) wrote:
> > Via Cory Doctorow at
> > <http://www.boingboing.net/2007/12/12/terry-pratchett-has.html>
> >
> > "Terry Pratchett has rare, early-onset Alzheimer's"
>
> [snipping post]
>
>
> I saw Terry's post too.  I wouldn't be so sure of the diagnosis just yet.
> Terry was put on statins after his "phantom stroke", and there's at least
> anecdotal evidence out there that statins can cause memory loss:
>
> http://www.medications.com/se/lipitor
> http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2003/12/05/statin_drugs_memory_loss.htm
>
>
> The "full prescribing information" flyer for Crestor supports this, at least,
> though it emphasizes that the evidence is "reported voluntarily from a
> population of uncertain size."
>
> http://www.crestor.com/c/explore/about.aspx
> (Scroll to the bottom and click on the "Prescribing information" link to get a
> PDF of the flyer).
>
> Ditto Lipitor:
>
> http://www.lipitor.com/content/lipitor-pi.jsp
>
> --
> Cathy Raymond <cathy at thyrsus.com>
>
> "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool
> than to open it and remove all doubt."-- Mark Twain
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