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PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,894 posts)

9. A follow up of that drug

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #8)

Tue Jun 28, 2022, 08:16 AM

Jun 2022

indicates it's not particularly effective for Alzheimer's. https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/missed-alzheimer-s-opportunity-not-so-much

Once again, preliminary results that are "promising" but do not live up to the promise. Not at all the same as suppressing an effective treatment.

Think about it. An effective drug for anything is going to get sold over and over.

The far, far larger problem is the unconscionable rise in the cost of drugs, like insulin.