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Not in the BBC breathless: "Second death linked to potential antibody treatment for Alzheimer’s disease Woman’s brain hemorrhage while receiving Eisai’s widely
by kalimanzaro 4y ago
Not in the BBC breathless:
"Second death linked to potential antibody treatment for Alzheimer’s disease
Woman’s brain hemorrhage while receiving Eisai’s widely heralded lecanemab heightens concerns overs its safety 27 NOV 2022•8:00 PM•Science
"Rudolph Castellani, a Northwestern neuropathologist who studies Alzheimer’s and conducted an autopsy at the request of the patient’s husband, called the case “very dramatic.” The report, co-authored by Castellani, concluded that the woman, like the other person whose death was linked to lecanemab..",
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- vidarh 4y agoWhile that is indeed.not in there, I wouldn't describe the article as "breathless". Two of the three first paragraphs throw cold water on things, and it spends more time both on risks and whether it's enough of an improvement to be worth it. That said, personally, having seen what it did to both my grandmother's, if I had symptoms it'd take a pretty high level of risk before I'd not want a drug giving even just a small slowdown in progression.