Originally Posted by GRB5111

I can remember my father developing what we thought was dementia (not Alzheimer's) and he started having a very difficult time getting around forced to resort to a cane after he had been taking statins. Now, he had a pacemaker for arrhythmia, so he was likely considered high risk given his conditions. The question remains, however, were his conditions and mental challenges accentuated by the statins he was taking? We'll never know, but the widespread acceptance, recommendation, and distribution of statins by the medical community is likely a root cause for many of the symptoms widely reported. Can't get his life back, but don't have to make the same mistakes myself with a pill that's so broadly recommended and so clearly misunderstood.