At least that is one small thing to be thankful for.
We had the ususal blood tests done plus a new MRI scan
of his brain. The new doc says the memory issues are
being caused by lots of small blockages in his brain,
more than by the meds, and he recommended adding
baby aspirin plus a prescription for a b vitamin
to help the blood flow in the brain.
All his innards are in good working order: no liver or
kidney problems, thank goodness, and no diabetes.
We asked for the switch to niaspan from zetia,
and refused any amount of statin to be prescribed
along with the niaspan. he did it, so Thank goodness
for small favors, or something.
I don't care that these are prescriptions for supplements that we
could buy, because the b/f has insurance, and because the b/f
is under the mind control of the medical establishment.
So I'm doing what I can with the situation.
I've been reading anecdotal stories by family members
of people who got off of zetia - which indicate to me
that it could be the zetia which is causing him memory problems.
Lots of stories about the patient improving their short
term memory, and "becoming themselves" again.
So I'm still going to hope that getting him off the zetia
will improve the situation for him a lot, despite what the
doctor said.
It may take a couple weeks or so for improvements to be
noticeable.
He's still taking 3 grams of vitamin C daily and no more, plus
about 1 gram of lysine. Plus several other things that are
supposed to help reverse atherosclerosis.
We want to see the actual MRI photos, so I guess we
need to go to a neurologist next.
I originally talked about his situation in this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=5368&p=30317#p30317
and this is the further development.