Only one thing came to mind : he had recently started taking the statin drug lipitor .
他唯一能够想到的:最近开始服用他汀类药物立普妥。
Spending more on routine care today is sure to save some money in the long run : paying for someone to pop statin pills daily , for example , is much cheaper than treating his eventual heart attack .
And a study published in 2003 in reviews of therapeutics noted that among 60 statin users who had reported memory problems to medwatch , more than half said their symptoms improved when they stopped taking the drugs .
Last week , the food and drug administration finally acknowledged what many patients and doctors have believed for a long time : statin drugs carry a risk of cognitive side effects .