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Alzheimer Drugs…a dismal failure

Alzheimer’s Disease has become one of the most frightening conditions known to man because medical science has yet to figure out a treatment. When the medical profession doesn’t know how to treat a condition, experimentation occurs, often with drugs that do more harm than good.

In the Public Library of Science Medicine a study found that drugs being used to control aggressive behavior in Alzheimer’s are harming, not helping patients.

Researchers looked at 165 Alzheimer’s patients from four U.K. nursing homes to determine the effect of anti-psychotic medication (known as neuroleptics) on their condition. All of the subjects were treated with narcoleptics. The groups were divided in half for a twelve month evaluation. Half continued the neuroleptics treatment. Half were given placebos.

The study revealed that verbal acumen was stifled in those receiving medication, and there was no long-term benefit derived in those with mild to moderate symptoms. Verbal deterioration was recorded within 6 months of commencing treatment. The researchers also found evidence that those taking neuroleptics suffered a higher death rate than the placebo group.

Head researcher Dr. Clive Ballard said, "It is very clear that even over a six-month period of treatment, there is no benefit from neuroleptics in treating the behavior in people with Alzheimer's disease when the symptoms are mild. For people with more severe behavioral symptoms, balancing the potential benefits against adverse effects is more difficult." CLICK HERE FOR THE ENTIRE ARTICLE

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