print email comment close Can a Drug That Helps Hearts Be Harmful to the Brain? URL: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120277403869360595.html.html?mod=home_health_right Description: This February 2008 articles considers how "[c]ognitive side effects like memory loss and fuzzy thinking aren't listed on the patient information sheet for Lipitor, the popular cholesterol-lowering drug. But some doctors are voicing concerns that in a small portion of patients, statins like Lipitor may be helping hearts but hurting minds." From the Wall Street Journal. Publisher: Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Extra Keywords Zocor,Mevacor Crestor Pravachol Vytorin LII Database Information: Record 27219 created by Maria Brandt on 11/17/2008 Last modification on 11/17/2008 Published: 11/27/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27219