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PoindexterOglethorpe

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9. A lot of people already take cholesterol lowering drugs.

Reply to NJCher (Original post)

Mon Nov 8, 2021, 01:27 AM

Nov 2021

Wouldn't it be stunningly obvious if that prevented Alzheimer's? Okay, so I understand this references a non-statin drug, but even so. This is exactly the kind of extremely preliminary results that we all need to be very wary of.

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Has a treatment for Alzheimer's been sitting on pharmacy shelves for decades? [View all] NJCher Nov 2021 OP

Wow Joinfortmill Nov 2021 #1

Hmmmmm - most interesting. calimary Nov 2021 #2

Fingers crossed. Jack-o-Lantern Nov 2021 #3

I lost a parent and her parents to this. I figure it's waiting in the wings for me. Gore1FL Nov 2021 #4

please, please, please.... bahboo Nov 2021 #5

Soon, please Hekate Nov 2021 #6

Good news maybe Demovictory9 Nov 2021 #7

Make it so Bayard Nov 2021 #8

A lot of people already take cholesterol lowering drugs. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2021 #9

I think NJCher Nov 2021 #13

I gather that's the case. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2021 #14

It's the combination of the two drugs intrepidity Nov 2021 #17

I was just waiting for the two drugs to be TlalocW Nov 2021 #10

Two long standing FDA approved drugs. roamer65 Nov 2021 #11

I lost my mom to this. Hoping it's not following me. Don't want to put my kids through it. mjvpi Nov 2021 #12

Interesting how many off-label uses for drugs are being discovered these days. sop Nov 2021 #15

Hmmm. This drug also interests me because I have genetically low HDL Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2021 #16