Hypercholesterolemia Therapy
Short-term memory loss was associated with rosuvastatin
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, October 15th, 2006
According to a report from Italy, "Memory loss and cognitive impairment have been reported in the literature in association with several 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (statins), but we found no published case reports associated with rosuvastatin. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of rosuvastatin-related short-term memory loss."
"A 53-year-old Caucasian man with hypercholesterolemia experienced memory loss after being treated with rosuvastatin 10 mg/day," said Laura Galatti at the University of Messina and collaborators in Italy. "He had no...
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