Forget NSAIDs for Alzheimer's

Forget NSAIDs for Alzheimer's

I have always been suspicious of reports claiming wondrous results for drugs based on interviews over a long period.

Like a few years ago when the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging "suggested" an association between anti-inflammatory agents and reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease.

This study went on for 15 years. How many of the original investigators were left after 15 years? Not many, I suspect. There are simply too many variables here: How, for instance, do they know how many NSAIDs the patients actually took?

Patients are notoriously unreliable on recall of their medication, especially something they buy over the counter. JUNK SCIENCE, I call it.

I do not recommend that you take NSAIDs, like motrin or ibuprofen, on a routine basis in the expectation of preventing Alzheimer's.

I've reported on folic acid's potential to protect against Alzheimer's disease several times. Why doesn't the advertiser-controlled press give that a little promotion?