Do you forget things most often? If you keep on forgetting thing quite often then this could be due to the medications you have been taking. Most of the doctors say that mental loss is a part of aging process, but sometimes this couldn’t be the reason.
Several studies have shown that prescribed drugs causes more than 100,000 deaths per year and cause another 1.5 million people to experience side effects and make them hospitalized.
Some of the prescribed medications have some severe effects on brain tissue and lead to memory loss.
Below are the drugs which leads to some severe cognitive problems which have been divided into categories
Anti Drugs:
Anti Drugs include antidepressants, antibiotics, antispasmodics, antipsychotics, antihistamines etc. These are the most harmful drugs which controls the function of neurotransmitter acetylcholine, that is responsible for memory and cognitive functions in our body.
Unfortunately these are the drugs which can be found easily on the counter, overdose of these medications may even lead to some severe health issues.
Sleeping Pills:
Prescribed sleeping pills are famous for memory loss. These may lead to long term and short term memory loss. Some researchers and studies have found that all sleeping pills lead to impaired memory and performance to some extent.
The brain functioning of alertness, vigilance, judgment will reduce and the action potentials of brain cells will be suppressed by sleeping pills.
Some of these pills may also lead to a condition called “black out”, which occurs when a person damages his brain cells with heavy consumption of alcohol and unable to remember the things which happened in the past.
Statin Drugs:
These drugs are used mostly for lowering cholesterol levels in body and also a single group of worst drugs for your brain.
Memory loss is the first main side effect of this drug. When it comes to cholesterol, the brain consists of 1/4th of cholesterol which is essential for memory, thinking and learning.The use of these drugs may lead to inability to focus and stimulates the feeling that the person thinks that he/she has forgotten something.
The Following 20 Medications Leads to Memory Loss:
- Lithium
- Anti histamines
- Insulin
- Drugs for high blood pressure
- Pain killers
- Antibiotics
- Steroids
- Chemotherapy dugs
- Quinidine
- Antidepressants
- Drugs for epilepsy
- Sleeping pills
- Naproxen
- Atropine and scolopine
- Barbiturens
- Interferon’s
- Beta blockers
- Antipsychotics
- Methyl dopa
- Benzodiazepines like Librium, dapine, restoring and valium
Some of the above medications may also lead to side effects which are as follows:
- Blurred vision
- Confusion
- Lightheartedness
- Getting lost
- Forgetting things
- Difficulty in directions
- Asking same questions
- Mood swings and change in behavior.
Well, these side effects are temporary and may be erased easily when you stop using the above medications.
In case, if you experience these side effects even after you stopped using medications, then you need to consult your doctor immediately.
However, the best away to avoid these side effects is to stay away from these medications and maintain a healthy lifestyle with balanced diet those with high in brain boosting nutrients.