{"id":20162,"date":"2017-03-07T01:40:46","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T01:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalcureshouse.com\/?p=316"},"modified":"2017-03-07T01:40:46","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T01:40:46","slug":"stop-using-these-20-medications-because-they-cause-memory-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/?p=20162","title":{"rendered":"Stop Using These 20 Medications Because They Cause Memory Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"63d509947b33dea96ed9a09b2482b63d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1554417\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n<header class=\"entry-header main_color_border_bottom\">\n<p class=\"entry-title main_color\">Unfortunately, the main reasons of death in the United States are adverse drug reactions. Prescription drugs lead to over 100,000 deaths annually, and more than 1.5 million cases of hospitalized people with severe side-effects.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The following three categories of prescription drugs lead to numerous cognitive issues, including memory loss:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Sleeping Pills<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Sleeping pills often lead to memory loss and cause a state similar to being in a coma or being drunk. Therefore, they do not restore the sleep needed for the body in order to repair itself.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, Ambien, a popular drug, is known to be \u201cthe amnesia drug\u201d as it leads to hallucinations, night terrors, sleep walking, and sleep driving.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>Statin Drugs<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>These drugs are one of the most damaging drugs for the brain and are used to regulate the cholesterol levels. This is due to the fact that \u00bc of the brain is composed of cholesterol, needed for thinking, memory, and learning. However, they also cause memory loss and similar adverse effects.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong>The \u201cAnti\u201d Drugs<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>All \u201canti\u201d drugs, such as antihistamines, antibiotics, antidepressants, antipsychotics, antispasmodics, or antihypertensive affect the acetylcholine levels in the body, which is the main neurotransmitter needed for memory and learning.<\/p>\n<p>Its low levels cause blurred vision, memory loss, dementia, delirium, mental confusion, and hallucinations.<\/p>\n<p>Richard C. Mohs, former vice chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, composed the following list which includes 20 drugs which cause memory loss:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Antibiotics (quinolones)<\/li>\n<li>Sleeping pills \u2013 Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata<\/li>\n<li>Painkillers \u2013 morphine, codeine, heroin<\/li>\n<li>Insulin<\/li>\n<li>Chemotherapy drugs<\/li>\n<li>Epilepsy \u2013 Dilantin or phenytoin<\/li>\n<li>Barbiturates \u2013 Nembutal, Phenobarbital, Seconal, Amytal<\/li>\n<li>Antipsychotics \u2013 Mellaril, Haldol<\/li>\n<li>Parkinson\u2019s disease \u2013 atropine, glycopyrrolate, scopolamine<\/li>\n<li>Benzodiazepines \u2013 Xanax, Valium, Dalmane, Ativan<\/li>\n<li>Quinidine<\/li>\n<li>Beta blockers<\/li>\n<li>High blood pressure drugs<\/li>\n<li>Interferons<\/li>\n<li>Naproxen<\/li>\n<li>Tricyclic antidepressants<\/li>\n<li>Methyldopa<\/li>\n<li>Lithium<\/li>\n<li>Antihistamines<\/li>\n<li>Steroids<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In case you use these drugs, you should consult your doctor and find out if they affect your memory. You can always find a healthier alternative, at least another medications or lifestyle changes.<\/p>\n<p>You should be more physically active, take some supplements, and consume some foods beneficial for the brain, in order to lower the load on it.<\/p>\n<p>You should preserve the brain health in order to remain sharp and healthy in general.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unfortunately, the main reasons of death in the United States are adverse drug reactions. Prescription drugs lead to over 100,000 deaths annually, and more than 1.5 million cases of hospitalized people with severe side-effects. The following three categories of prescription drugs lead to numerous cognitive issues, including memory loss: Sleeping Pills Sleeping pills often lead &#8230; <a title=\"Stop Using These 20 Medications Because They Cause Memory Loss\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/?p=20162\" aria-label=\"Read more about Stop Using These 20 Medications Because They Cause Memory Loss\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrhealthyalternative.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}