Well, if your friend has been on them so long... years...it may be too late to recover functions lost.
This is why.... the new research shows that statins kill cells.
Well, kill enough cells in the brain, and they may never be replaced to return the patient to usefullness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19uxXqWF8h4
You can also Google Dr. Stephanie Seneff who is at MIT and doing research on what cholesterol chemistry is really about.
She has a website and many videos. She has stated that cholesterol is essential for proper brain functioning, according to her findings.
This is information the drug industry does not tell doctors.
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