Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Disheartening news about currently available Alzheimer's drugs was published on Reuters.com this week. In an article titled "US review finds no good drugs for dementia," Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor, reported on the findings of a review conducted by the American Academy of Fami...
Carol,
You are right it is not working for everyone and if it works, it only delays the dementia a few months. The drugs work on my father-in-law, but we don't know how long. Maybe just a few months like 6 months or so. So we basically see some change every 6 months.
He started taking the drugs quite late - only after he was diagnosed in Nov/2006.
Nina
Hi Nina,
Well, at least he's gotten some good out of them. We can hope and pray for something better - soon!
Take care,
Carol