re: Lipitor, Severe Diabetes a Fatal Combination

Rachav7 — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:06:10 GMT

About 3 years ago I was prescribed Lipitorfor high cholesterol. The doctor doubled my dose at one stage and shortly after that I experienced extreme muscle pain and was virtually a cripple for some time. I also experienced some memory problems. Despite stopping taking Lipitor about 18 months ago, my memory problems have become even worse. I had an MRI and it shows that my frontal lobes have shrunk considerably. I had to see a neuropsychologist for tests and she found that I have severe cognitive problems, particularly associated with my hearing. I have always thought visually and those areas of my brain have not been as damaged as those associated with hearing.

I have presented the information about Lipitor to the doctors, but none of them seem willing to accept that it is the cause of my now quite severe memory loss, to the extent that I have recently been getting confused while driving and becoming lost, when driving on the freeway outside of my own comfort zone. My long term memory is not affected, but my language and word skills are, and I need to keep a thesaurus next to me all the time because quite frequently I am not able to find the correct word to finish a sentence.