Patients diagnosed with
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) will most
likely be treated with what UCL
professor of neuroscience John
Hardy called a “cocktail of disease modifying
drugs”, at the annual
University College London School of
Pharmacy lecture recently.
The drugs will contribute to a
slowing of the disease as opposed
to a reversal as they tackle the
three mechanisms of pathology.
The first is the build up of amyloid
plaques; second is a recently
discovered set of genes which
determine how the brain breaks
down amyloid; third is a set of
genes involved in brain cholesterol.The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 15 Jan 16 To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 15 Jan 16
DEMENTIA Australia has appointed comedian Geraldine Hickey (pictured) as its newest Ambassador, coinciding with the Melbourne Memory Walk & Jog event taking place this Sun.
NEW research from the Monash Addiction Research Centre has highlighted a critical shortfall in the availability of Naloxone, a life-saving medication that reverses opioid overdoses, across community pharmacies in Australia’s most populous states.
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