A recent randomized, small trial of non-diabetic Alzheimer's patients (n=109) found that patients treated with twice daily doses of nasally inhaled insulin had mild improvements in their cognitive functioning. Plans are underway to conduct a large scale, multi-site randomized trial to replicate these results and assist in determining the appropriate dosing of the insulin.
While this was a small scale study, it certainly does present some interesting considerations. We currently have very few treatments available to Alzheimer's patients and none of our accepted treatments have demonstrated the ability to improve cognitive function. I will look forward to seeing additional studies along this line of inquiry!
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To have discovered a treatment for Alzheimer's patients would be amazing. Seeing as how it affects a significantly large amount of people, any form of treatment for cognitive function would be good even if the effects are not sustainable for a long period of time. It would definetely help families of Alzheimer's families and work towards a more concrete treatment.This is awesome!
ReplyDelete-Katrina Wagner
I wonder how many cognitive function studies are out there today? I bet there are little simple herbs or natural things out there that would help with brain functions.
ReplyDeleteTo be on the verge of possible finding a way to treat Alzheimer's is really fascinating. Being that it's becoming more common in this world, any type of cure, no matter if it's permanent or not would be very helpful to families and their love ones that suffer from this disease. This is very interesting.
ReplyDelete-Jamaine Leslie