zombuey@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 years agoSecond Alzheimer’s drug in pipeline can slow the disease by a few months but with safety riskwww.kcrg.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up174arrow-down1external-linkSecond Alzheimer’s drug in pipeline can slow the disease by a few months but with safety riskwww.kcrg.comzombuey@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNotbhavn@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoA few MONTHS? I’d rather save my family the $250,000 the drug probably costs and just wonder around aimlessly.
minus-squarelortikins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoIt’s a treatment though, which means progress and any progress is good in the field
minus-squarepgetsos@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoExactly. We have been trying to find anything about Alzheimers for many many years. Now we have 2 drugs that can give you half a year more of normal life. It is a great first step to better drugs later on
minus-squarezombuey@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoya this is why I posted this. So many other article make this sound like a damn cure and it very much is not.
minus-squareAudbol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoIt says it’s $25,000 for a full years treatment
A few MONTHS? I’d rather save my family the $250,000 the drug probably costs and just wonder around aimlessly.
It’s a treatment though, which means progress and any progress is good in the field
Exactly. We have been trying to find anything about Alzheimers for many many years. Now we have 2 drugs that can give you half a year more of normal life. It is a great first step to better drugs later on
ya this is why I posted this. So many other article make this sound like a damn cure and it very much is not.
It says it’s $25,000 for a full years treatment