Lipitor and stat

My husband, age 49, was prescribed and began taking Lipitor about 6 weeks ago. 4 days ago he woke up and couldn't remember our daughters names. Even worse, when I told him their names, they didn't even ring a bell to him. It took a couple hours for his memory to return.

He's been in a fog and "just not feeling right" for the past 4 days. After seeing the Dr. today, the Dr. ordered a stat CT scan fearing my husband had experienced a mini stroke or worse.

After thinking long and hard about what could be happening, it hit me that it could be the Lipitor. After searching the internet, I see cognitive and loss of memory side effects are being reported by those on Lipitor. Why aren't Dr's warning their patients...especially when they come to the Dr. with those exact symptoms?

My husband is done with Statin drugs. We will work on diet, exercise and he'll take his chances with high cholesterol. If only someone had warned us.