Alzheimer's disease is a very critical health condition. I read from a 'nun study treatment' that this disease can take away the patient's psychological capacity for him or her to think right as before. Once they suffer the said condition and it leads to severe state, hopes from their families might fade instantly. However, I have read from some dependable resources too that there are at least few scientists and doctors that have studied the cure for Alzheimer's. And there's a borrowed treatment that has been traditionally used to control heart beats that perhaps become the saving grace for the patients of Alzheimer.
Alzheimer's disease is a very critical health condition. I read from a 'nun study treatment' that this disease can take away the patient's psychological capacity for him or her to think right as before. Once they suffer the said condition and it leads to severe state, hopes from their families might fade instantly. However, I have read from some dependable resources too that there are at least few scientists and doctors that have studied the cure for Alzheimer's. And there's a borrowed treatment that has been traditionally used to control heart beats that perhaps become the saving grace for the patients of Alzheimer.
There are drugs that can help cognitive function for a time but sadly the changes seen in the brain in Alzheimers are irreversible - and there is currently no cure. There is a lot of research going on and I am sure other drugs that can help will be found but IMO there will be no magic bullet - one drug that can cure the disease.
There could well be a trial using a beta blocker ( a drug which controls heartbeat) in Alzheimer's but it is an area in which a lot of trials will be being done.
Just did a quick look on google scholar and I turned up a paper that shows there is a link between atrial fibrillation - a disorder of the heartbeat - and alzheimers. In other words someone with alzheimers seems to be more likely to have AF or the other way round. It doesn't mean one causes the other - but beat blockers would be used to control the heartbeat of someone with AF
Alzheimer's is indeed irreversible and I don't think that scientists and medical experts have figured out how to cure it effectively. I also made some searches in Google and most of them also stated that people with AF are likely to have AD.
Last I heard they were still giving people with Alzheimer's the same medication as they were people with schizophrenia and bi-polar disorders. It is sad that we know so little about our own brains but maybe one day they will work it. I hear people have high hopes for stem cells in regards to the disease.