Study: Alzheimer’s Drugs May Raise Death Risk in Elderly

NY Times has published that Anti-psychotic drugs commonly used to treat Alzheimer's disease may double a patient's chance of dying within a few years, suggests a new study that adds to concerns already known about such medications.

I am not surprise at the finding. Western medicine has outstanding tools for acute problems such as trauma, heart attack, and stroke. However, my sense is that integrative medicine has much better handle on chronic degenerative illnesses such as Alzheimer's disease. The basis of all degenerative disorders involve abnormal inflammation. There are highly effective nutritional protocols that can be of help to reduce inflammation. In addition, there are mycomedicinal products that have been shown to have stimulation of nerve growth in-vitro.

At Georgia Integrative Medicine, we have used natural approaches to Alzheimer's disease successfully using all of above approaches. We also treated successful dementia resulting from other causes including Parkinson's disease.