[neverdem]

Interesting....I wonder if it could help my dad.

My mom is 90 and complaining about her memory. I'll be taking her to get an MRI of the brain to rule out a vascular dementia soon.

Dementia can be caused by a number of diseases. IIRC, the only way to definitely diagnose Alzheimer's is with a biopsy, which is very rarely done in unusual circumstances, and after an autopsy. Enbrel is for rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease. Enbrel has effects on the immune system. Occasionally patients taking it develop severe, sometimes fatal, infections. Eligible patients can enroll for free in government and private clinical trials.

You might want to save those links. Good luck!

[pandoraou812]

Thank you very much for the info. I doubt they will give it to him as he is on an iv chemo treatment. He is on it to fight a tumor in his lung. He has been on it for about 8 yrs but seems not to mind it too much. He has had many strokes & the nursing home would like me to stop the chemo but my dad refuses. I won't agree with taking him off it as he can & does make most of his own medical decisions still. Since they basically granny napped him & took all he had I think if he wants to stay on it he should be able to.

My dad loves me to read him FR comments on Jimmy Carter. He truly hates that man & if he could be on FR I think he would really enjoy it.