{"id":2441,"date":"2019-12-12T05:59:46","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T09:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/?p=2441"},"modified":"2019-12-12T05:59:46","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T09:59:46","slug":"a-new-drug-to-treat-alzheimers-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/a-new-drug-to-treat-alzheimers-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Drug to Treat Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2443 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/alzheimers-63610_1280-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Woman with Dementia\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/alzheimers-63610_1280-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/alzheimers-63610_1280-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/alzheimers-63610_1280-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/alzheimers-63610_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are currently no drugs on the market to treat the mental decline associated with <a href=\"https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/medications-that-may-help-alzheimers-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alzheimer\u2019s disease<\/a>. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alz.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alzheimer\u2019s Association<\/a>, 5.8 million Americans are living with the disease, and it\u2019s the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. Therefore, the possibility of a new drug to treat Alzheimer\u2019s is creating quite a stir.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biogen.com\/en_us\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biogen<\/a>, a biotechnology company focused on neuroscience research, announced in October that it plans to pursue regulatory approval for aducanumab, a new drug to treat early Alzheimer\u2019s disease. Biogen shared its data at the 12<sup>th<\/sup> Clinical Trials on Alzheimer\u2019s Disease (CTAD) conference last week.<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>The New Drug: Aducanumab<\/h4>\n<p>Aducanumab is designed to remove amyloid plaques on the brain which damage neurons, cause toxicity, and lead to severe cognitive decline including memory loss. By reducing amyloid plaques, scientists believe aducanumab could slow neurodegeneration.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Will this be a landmark discovery in the treatment of Alzheimer\u2019s disease or another disappointment?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Only months before the plug had been pulled on further research for aducanumab based on previous clinical trials. But following the collection of additional data (not included in the original analysis), researchers saw marked improvement when a higher dosage was used for a longer period of time on people in the early stages of Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Many in the scientific community doubt the strength of the research and are concerned by the false hope it presents. The question remains if the FDA will consider the new data sufficient enough or will request further study.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If regulated, aducanumab will change the face of early stage Alzheimer\u2019s treatment. It will be the first Alzheimer\u2019s drug that treats the underlying cause of the disease. If it is not approved, researchers may change their direction. Instead of pursuing drugs to remove amyloid plaques, which has long been considered the main cause of the disease\u2019s progression, scientists will pursue other avenues.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In all cases, the situation represents a significant advancement in Alzheimer\u2019s research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; There are currently no drugs on the market to treat the mental decline associated with Alzheimer\u2019s disease. According to the Alzheimer\u2019s Association, 5.8 million Americans are living with the disease, and it\u2019s the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. Therefore, the possibility of a new drug to treat Alzheimer\u2019s is creating quite&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[122,81,125,118,69,44,45,123,40,39,54,124,83,38,10],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A New Drug to Treat Alzheimer&#039;s Disease: A landmark drug or false hope?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Alzheimer&#039;s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. Therefore, a new drug to treat Alzheimer\u2019s disease is creating quite a stir.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/a-new-drug-to-treat-alzheimers-disease\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A New Drug to Treat Alzheimer&#039;s Disease: A landmark drug or false hope?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alzheimer&#039;s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. Therefore, a new drug to treat Alzheimer\u2019s disease is creating quite a stir.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/a-new-drug-to-treat-alzheimers-disease\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sinai Post-Acute Nursing &amp; Rehab Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-12T09:59:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/alzheimers-63610_1280-1024x768.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sinai Post Acute Center\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sinai Post Acute Center\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/a-new-drug-to-treat-alzheimers-disease\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/a-new-drug-to-treat-alzheimers-disease\/\",\"name\":\"A New Drug to Treat Alzheimer's Disease: A landmark drug or false hope?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/a-new-drug-to-treat-alzheimers-disease\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/a-new-drug-to-treat-alzheimers-disease\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/alzheimers-63610_1280-1024x768.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-12T09:59:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-12-12T09:59:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ab2913b143a12b07c7451260b7881ce2\"},\"description\":\"Alzheimer's disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. Therefore, a new drug to treat Alzheimer\u2019s disease is creating quite a stir.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/a-new-drug-to-treat-alzheimers-disease\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/a-new-drug-to-treat-alzheimers-disease\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/a-new-drug-to-treat-alzheimers-disease\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/alzheimers-63610_1280.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/alzheimers-63610_1280.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":960,\"caption\":\"Woman with Dementia\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/a-new-drug-to-treat-alzheimers-disease\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A New Drug to Treat Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sinaipostacutecare.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sinai Post-Acute Nursing &amp; Rehab Center\",\"description\":\"Your Health. 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