Full of Hope

Chances are you know someone who has or is suffering from the debilitative effects of dementia.  This horrible disease takes its toll on not only the victim but, family and friends whom are “losing” their loved one.  A recent article in THE TELEGRAPH revealed there may be a treatment  with a preventative  drug called solanezumab which delays  the onset of disease, halting problems with brain function and behavior in those with mild dementia.

Scientists are hopeful of a breakthrough in dementia within five years - with drugs (solanezumab) that could be given preventively to delay the onset of disease.

Researchers say this new drug has shown some promise in patients with mild dementia, and might be yet more effective if given to those at risk of disease long before they show any symptoms.

Dr Eric Karran, director of research at Alzheimer’s Research UK, said scientists we’re “full of hope” that a breakthrough in drug therapy to prevent dementia could come within five years.

If  further trials on the drug succeed, it could mean that those with a family history of dementia are given monthly injections of the drug a decade before any signs of disease show - in the same way that millions of people now take statins to ward off heart disease, he said.

Next week science and health ministers from G8 countries will meet in London for the first ever G8 dementia summit.

Source:   The Telegraph – December 12, 2013

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