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"Much of the metabolic mischief that damages our energy-producing system occurs by the overactivation of something called the NMDA receptor18 (the site of action for a new alzheimer's drug called Namenda). Think of NMDA as the on and off switch for your cells. All systems in the body have a way of staying in perfect balance. Just like Goldilocks and her porridge—not too hot and not too cold, but just right." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"Namenda started out as an alzheimer's drug, and is now being clinically investigated in the treatment of autism. In my practice, I've found that some kids respond well to it, but it makes others have sudden meltdowns, in which they become extremely emotional for no apparent reason. Why? It's probably because Namenda decreases the activity of the neurotransmitter glutamate, and some kids are already low in the activity of this neurotransmitter. In contrast, most autistic kids generally have high glutamate activity. No two kids are exactly alike, and no two kids need exactly the same medications." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"I had been invited there as a guest of Forest Labs, a pharmaceutical company for which I consulted, which produced the alzheimer's drug memantine. After several speeches, the MC of the event stood before the roomful of wealthy donors and said quite resolutely, "We are going to find a cure for this disease someday! And that day is getting closer!" Inspired by this unqualified proclamation of hope, the donors on hand opened their pockets, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Alzheimer's Association in one night." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.) "Given the modest symptomatic relief of current alzheimer's drug therapies, consistently disappointing results from recent clinical trials testing new treatment candidates, and uncertainty about the potential merits of future treatments such as stem cells and beta-amyloid vaccines, governments have ample incentive to begin shaping a more nuanced policy that will focus on improving the health of entire populations over their entire life course rather than responding to cognitive decline after the fact." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.)

"The result, donepezil (Aricept), is now the best-selling alzheimer's drug, with close to $1 billion per year in annual sales. Donepezil inhibits acetylcholinesterase without causing liver toxicity. In one study, 431 patients with AD were randomized to one year of donepezil or placebo. Compared to placebo, donepezil was shown to delay symptoms of cognitive-function decline in Alzheimer's patients by five months." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.) "The New York Times reported on March 17, 2006, on a study which at that time had not yet been published (Gardner Harris, "Study for alzheimer's drug Revives Questions on Risk"), which showed that of 974 patients with Alzheimer's who were treated with donepe-zil (Aricept) or placebo, eleven in the Aricept group died, but there were no deaths in the placebo group. This difference was statistically significant. A similar significant increase in deaths was previously reported for Reminyl." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"The NHS occasionally conducts studies in the public interest, such as the one in 2004 confirming the cost of the alzheimer's drug, Aricept, to be too expensive. But vitamin C has no champion other than nutritionists and their followers, who argue among themselves and have neither the money nor the presence to get any real authority in a healthcare business so dominated by the large pharma firms." - Jacky Law, Big Pharma: Exposing the Global Healthcare Agenda (Get the book.)

"Club Moss/Shen Jin Cao in China, improves memory and mental capacity, balances abnormal Brain chemistry, lessens Alzheimer's symptoms; and is the source for a new alzheimer's drug, Huperzine-A (Nuherbs Co., 3820 Penniman Ave., Oakland, Cal.94619). Lymphoresis by Dr. H. Hugh Fudenberg'sNeuroImmuno Therapeutics Research Foundation (formerly at the University of South Carolina, Charleston), is a process of selection and transfer of 1 iving Immune factors 1 ike T-cell Lymphocytes and Monocytes, extracted from a donor living immunely under the same conditions, then given to the Alzheimer patient." - Joseph E. Mario, Anti-Aging Manual: The Encyclopedia of Natural Health (Get the book.)

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