Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: miss marmelstein

I heard earlier today that most of the Alzheimer’s drugs aren’t working and there are no new ones in the pipeline.

Gotta fund cures for scabies, lice and the new strains of TB.


17 posted on 07/05/2014 9:54:50 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies ]


To: Cowgirl of Justice
I heard earlier today that most of the Alzheimer’s drugs aren’t working

That's news to me that they "aren't working". Working for this class of drugs means stabilizing, or delaying worsening for a while, and only occasionally means improvement in function (my mother seems to be one of the lucky ones).

There are basically two types of drugs in this category, the Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and the NMDA blockers.

Gotta fund cures for scabies, lice and the new strains of TB.

The pharmaceutical companies invest money where they see profit potential (and technical promise), not where some politician thinks the money should go.

39 posted on 07/06/2014 10:08:34 PM PDT by steve86 ( Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson