Dale Bredesen, a neurologist/researcher in San Diego published a book about 5 years ago called The End of Alzheimer's in which he details how he has been able to CURE Alzheimer's in close to 80% of cases in his clinic, using his individually-tailored approach. He has only been able to do studies on small cohorts of patients because no o…
Dale Bredesen, a neurologist/researcher in San Diego published a book about 5 years ago called The End of Alzheimer's in which he details how he has been able to CURE Alzheimer's in close to 80% of cases in his clinic, using his individually-tailored approach. He has only been able to do studies on small cohorts of patients because no one is willing to fund his apparently successful approach since it doesn't involve the use of potentially blockbuster drugs. Instead involves the application of fairly simple, not terribly expensive, but highly effective treatments. He has observed that Alzheimer's is mostly caused by inflammation, lack of what he calls "trophic factors" such as hormone, vitamin and other biochemical deficiencies, and toxic exposures. His approach involves reducing inflammation, replacement of deficient trophic factors, and detoxification. He present numerous cases in his book of fairly advanced cases of Alzheimer's which recovered fully under his care. There are still about 20% of patients he is unable to help with his methods, so there is clearly something missing from his analysis, but his results of approximately 80% recovery are astounding to me. I'd highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Alzheimer's disease or dementia more generally.
My mother has AD. We took her to a practitioner who administers the Bredesen protocol. There are a few problems that keep it from becoming mainstream. One is that it is intense as far as the amount of lab work and frequent assessments, most of which are not covered by insurance. The diet restrictions were too detailed for my mother to follow, not to mention she couldn’t understand how/ did not believe that this might help her. It requires many supplements, which can be quite expensive. We couldn’t get my mother to take them. She was to far along to see the benefit.
Even though it is far more complicated than just taking a magic pill, it is the best answer we have. Richard Isaacson is another physician who has a preventative protocol for AD. We need more of these trailblazing doctors, who are willing to invest the kind of time it takes to tackle the disease before it takes hold.
I had a similar road with my Mom. I hear you. Wishing you and your family the best. And hoping the trailblazers refine the work and make it easier even in more advanced cases.
Agree. Dr Brednesen likens the approach to plugging all 36 holes of a roof. Hence, his multifactorial treatment approach. Not JUST the Amyloid hypothesis. See his list of 36 mechanisms from his book, The End of Alzheimers. Some patients have shown remarkable cognitive improvement.
I was just about to post about this groundbreaking book. There are many Md's and functional medicine practitioners trained in this protocol and treating thousands of people. It won't make anyone billions of dollars, but the success rate beats anything by far that the pharmaceutical companies have produced.
My mother passed away from a very aggressive form of early onset dementia and my father in law is currently suffering. I read Dr. Bredesen's book as well - fascinating. I found out about his work after listening to him interviewed on the Found My Fitness podcast. For anyone who has someone suffering from this disease I'd strongly recommend listening. Neither the book or the podcast offer a silver bullet, but do offer a preventative approach - which seems to be lacking. I have incorporated some of what I have learned into my lifestyle. Given the tone and thoroughness of the article I was surprised Dr. Bredesen wasn't mentioned. Perhaps it is another example of suppression and keeping him from having a voice.
Dale Bredesen, a neurologist/researcher in San Diego published a book about 5 years ago called The End of Alzheimer's in which he details how he has been able to CURE Alzheimer's in close to 80% of cases in his clinic, using his individually-tailored approach. He has only been able to do studies on small cohorts of patients because no one is willing to fund his apparently successful approach since it doesn't involve the use of potentially blockbuster drugs. Instead involves the application of fairly simple, not terribly expensive, but highly effective treatments. He has observed that Alzheimer's is mostly caused by inflammation, lack of what he calls "trophic factors" such as hormone, vitamin and other biochemical deficiencies, and toxic exposures. His approach involves reducing inflammation, replacement of deficient trophic factors, and detoxification. He present numerous cases in his book of fairly advanced cases of Alzheimer's which recovered fully under his care. There are still about 20% of patients he is unable to help with his methods, so there is clearly something missing from his analysis, but his results of approximately 80% recovery are astounding to me. I'd highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Alzheimer's disease or dementia more generally.
My mother has AD. We took her to a practitioner who administers the Bredesen protocol. There are a few problems that keep it from becoming mainstream. One is that it is intense as far as the amount of lab work and frequent assessments, most of which are not covered by insurance. The diet restrictions were too detailed for my mother to follow, not to mention she couldn’t understand how/ did not believe that this might help her. It requires many supplements, which can be quite expensive. We couldn’t get my mother to take them. She was to far along to see the benefit.
Even though it is far more complicated than just taking a magic pill, it is the best answer we have. Richard Isaacson is another physician who has a preventative protocol for AD. We need more of these trailblazing doctors, who are willing to invest the kind of time it takes to tackle the disease before it takes hold.
I had a similar road with my Mom. I hear you. Wishing you and your family the best. And hoping the trailblazers refine the work and make it easier even in more advanced cases.
Agree. Dr Brednesen likens the approach to plugging all 36 holes of a roof. Hence, his multifactorial treatment approach. Not JUST the Amyloid hypothesis. See his list of 36 mechanisms from his book, The End of Alzheimers. Some patients have shown remarkable cognitive improvement.
I was just about to post about this groundbreaking book. There are many Md's and functional medicine practitioners trained in this protocol and treating thousands of people. It won't make anyone billions of dollars, but the success rate beats anything by far that the pharmaceutical companies have produced.
Thank you for the book recommendation. Very interesting, indeed.
My mother passed away from a very aggressive form of early onset dementia and my father in law is currently suffering. I read Dr. Bredesen's book as well - fascinating. I found out about his work after listening to him interviewed on the Found My Fitness podcast. For anyone who has someone suffering from this disease I'd strongly recommend listening. Neither the book or the podcast offer a silver bullet, but do offer a preventative approach - which seems to be lacking. I have incorporated some of what I have learned into my lifestyle. Given the tone and thoroughness of the article I was surprised Dr. Bredesen wasn't mentioned. Perhaps it is another example of suppression and keeping him from having a voice.
I was also surprised it wasn’t mentioned.