Peace, I’m sorry for the delay in responding. There are many drugs that may contribute to dementia:
-Anticholinergic drugs, antihistamines like Benadryl
-overactive bladder drugs
-narcotic pain meds
-statins
-heartburn meds (Prevacid, Prilosec)
-anti-anxiety and antidepressants
-epilepsy drugs
There are probably more. The thing we all have to wrap our head around is that big pharma is in the business of making money, billions of dollars. The goal isn’t to cure people it’s to make them lifelong customers of their drugs. Look for alternative care for your healthcare…holistic or functional medicine doctors are usually not in bed with big pharma. There are natural remedies for just about everything if you search for it. Start by eating clean, healthy, real food. Stop drinking soda!! Get fresh air and sunshine every chance you can. Exercise, even if that’s just walking and stretching every day!
No link handy, apologies. When I started looking into statins re concerns for my mom I learned that decline in cognitive function is a known effect. Can happen in as little as a couple of months or take as long as years. Physician took mom off statin couching it as they (medical standard of care) usually take patients off statins after the patients are in their 80s, *not* because of the issue I brought up about cognitive decline. I'll never know for sure. Mom holding mentally re decline, but no recovery of function.😞
*edit - Farther down on this board (different thread) comment by @ASK about statins and cholesterol states something you may find helpful.
Do you have a good list of the pharma drugs purported to lead to dementia?
Peace, I’m sorry for the delay in responding. There are many drugs that may contribute to dementia:
-Anticholinergic drugs, antihistamines like Benadryl
-overactive bladder drugs
-narcotic pain meds
-statins
-heartburn meds (Prevacid, Prilosec)
-anti-anxiety and antidepressants
-epilepsy drugs
There are probably more. The thing we all have to wrap our head around is that big pharma is in the business of making money, billions of dollars. The goal isn’t to cure people it’s to make them lifelong customers of their drugs. Look for alternative care for your healthcare…holistic or functional medicine doctors are usually not in bed with big pharma. There are natural remedies for just about everything if you search for it. Start by eating clean, healthy, real food. Stop drinking soda!! Get fresh air and sunshine every chance you can. Exercise, even if that’s just walking and stretching every day!
Thanks so much, Julie Ann B
No link handy, apologies. When I started looking into statins re concerns for my mom I learned that decline in cognitive function is a known effect. Can happen in as little as a couple of months or take as long as years. Physician took mom off statin couching it as they (medical standard of care) usually take patients off statins after the patients are in their 80s, *not* because of the issue I brought up about cognitive decline. I'll never know for sure. Mom holding mentally re decline, but no recovery of function.😞
*edit - Farther down on this board (different thread) comment by @ASK about statins and cholesterol states something you may find helpful.
Thanks, Heterodox Introvert!