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Detrimental effects of statins on Alzheimer’s disease (AD): Statins-induced AD are mediated through reduction of neuronal cholesterol with reduction of neuronal myelination. As well, statins lead to neuronal injury by inducing reduction of CoQ10 and worsening of preexisting cholesterol aberrations with induction of oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction.
