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There's no reason to think valproic acid is going to solve the Alzheimer's problem. It's worked in a couple of mice models but that's it. And we could fill a
by JamesBarney 8y ago
There's no reason to think valproic acid is going to solve the Alzheimer's problem. It's worked in a couple of mice models but that's it. And we could fill a warehouse with drugs that helped Alzheimer's in microwave and did diddly squat for people.
Just to be clear I think it's worth testing but just not especially more than the 500 other drugs that there is credible reason to think they'd work.
- ineedasername 8y agoYou've put forth a straw man. I haven't claimed a specific drug would solve the problem, only that a class of drugs might help. Actual trials haven't been done, but anecdotal data from individual case studies show promise. It's absolutely not a silver bullet or potential full cure. It could however be part of a cocktail of drugs that provide significant improvement. Or maybe not. But the incremental cost if studying an already approved drug is negligible compared to creating new drugs from scratch or continuing research on other experimental drugs. But by all means, both kinds of research should occurr.