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$26,500/yr for a drug that doesn't actually help a person with dementia.
How many times is the FDA going to approve beta amyloid lowering drugs that have no benefit to disease? isn't lowering beta amyoid and not affecting disease just proof, in humans, that the beta amyloid hypothesis is wrong?
I'm just spitballing, but maybe it could work as a preventative? If it's started early enough.
It could be that Alzheimer's just isn't reversable - like the brain is scarred by it - and look how long even minor scars remain on skin.
There are a quite a few inexpensive options for prevention of dementia that are much cheaper than this.