micro doses of lithium. We'll see. My brother in law has 2nd stage Alzheimers and we are looking for anything that can help.
A sad end for my brother in law, a retired colonel.
Who gave a thumbs down for this sonhouse's OP and, MUCH more importantly, why?
What could anyone possibly see as wrong with this OP? I simply cannot imagine.
@humy Some assswipe who doesn't like me, probably Moot the hoot.
Just got word my brother in law got worse, stopped breathing and they sent him full time to rehab home. I also found out what may have driven him over the edge, his ex wife committed suicide new years day. Jesus what a goat fuk.
Alzheimers, as well as cancer and diabetes is big business, making lots of money for a certain few, so I wouldn't get my hopes up. I've seen this story repeat time after time.
@bunnyknight One study seems to point to a gum disease finding its way into the brain they say may be one cause of Alzheimers. Apparently the tangles of the amyloids were treated to reduce them with no effect on the progression of the disease. So those tangles and such seem to be an effect not a cause.
@sonhouse If a safe and affordable cure were to truly be found, the biggest challenge would be to get it past the iron fist of the FDA, which has a conflict of interest with big pharma, and is a total monopoly.
@bunnyknight The present treatments are extremely expensive and I suppose there could be some political pressure to not allow a cheap and effective treatment to be established but I think that would not work for long. Especially if we get a real person as POTUS next year.
@sonhousesaid @bunnyknight The present treatments are extremely expensive and I suppose there could be some political pressure to not allow a cheap and effective treatment to be established but I think that would not work for long. Especially if we get a real person as POTUS next year.
Every treatment is as expensive as they can possibly get away with; it's the nature and law of corporate business-for-profit. And what's worse, they are all defined as "treatments" not "cures", which is a legal loophole to avoid lawsuits. Under the present system the perfect patient is one that's permanently sick, requiring endless, expensive treatment. It would take far more than a good POTUS to remedy the nightmare situation that's taken hold.
@bunnyknight Yes but a bad one can cause big pharm to realize they won't have push back when they quadruple the price of a med and therefore the new price sticks.
@bunnyknightsaid Every treatment is as expensive as they can possibly get away with; it's the nature and law of corporate business-for-profit. And what's worse, they are all defined as "treatments" not "cures", which is a legal loophole to avoid lawsuits. Under the present system the perfect patient is one that's permanently sick, requiring endless, expensive treatment. It would take far more than a good POTUS to remedy the nightmare situation that's taken hold.
Also, pharmaceutical companies argue that they spend a lot in research to justify the expense, but in reality they have gutted their R&D and mostly rely on government-funded basic science to generate drug compounds. Then they buy the patent and charge $10k/month for the treatment. I think gov'ts should be able to recoup their investment from pharma and use this to bring down costs.
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