Nursing Homes here is SW Virginia are going for 4K to 6K a month. This is a drug that if it worked, it could save Medicare. Hopefully the FDA will fast track this drug. One funny side effect will be what happens when the patieats memory returns, They are going to be pissed to find out their house got sold to pay for their nursing home care.
I think there’s no question this would be cheaper than nursing home care. The drug is already approved for RA and psoriatic arthritis, JRA and maybe some other stuff. Plus many doctors will prescribe it for other rheumatic diseases if DMARDs, etc. fail.
Seems it would be easy to extend use to this. Plus, it can be given to people at the first signs of dementia, I would think.
The article made it sound as though the effect might be pretty durable.