Replied By Art (California) on 05/05/2021

Statins are known to cause fairly rapid memory issues, but the experience doesn't stop there as statins are also noted for causing muscle pain and muscle damage, and in some cases, it can be severe and non-reversible as discussed here:

https://www.myositis.org/blog/statins-cause-myositis/

Statins are also noted for causing tendon damage as outlined here:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-53238-7

Sadly, many patients never draw the connection between statins and the damage they can potentially cause.

On the other hand, soy lecithin is noted for significantly lowering cholesterol and triglycerides while raising HDL cholesterol as described here:

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cholesterol/2010/824813/

Lecithin is not noted for causing memory problems, muscle damage, and muscle pain or tendon ruptures.

Art

Replied By Tessa (Okanagan) on 05/07/2021

Thanks for the information on memory loss and statins.

A supplement that also is critically important for people on statins is CoQ10.

According to Dr. Joseph Mercola: "Importantly, if you're on a statin drug, you need at least 100 mg to 200 mg of ubiquinol or CoQ10 per day, or more."

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2020/10/22/does-ubiquinol-help-afib.aspx

It's a supplement that is good for other medical issues too, such as kidney disease, heart failure, insulin resistance, etc.

I'm sure your dad will continue to improve!

Best wishes,

Tessa