Lecanemab
By BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (50936)
St. Catharines, Ontario
October 29, 2025 8:45am CST
A newly approved medication that slows the progression of Alzheimer’s? Woo hoo!
"Lecanemab, also marketed as leqembi in Canada, is administered intravenously over an hour every two weeks for the first 18 months... The treatment reverses the effects of amyloid proteins in the brain that form sticky clumps, called amyloid plaques, which impair neurological function."
https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news/canada/london-doctor-hails-canada-s-first-drug-that-slows-alzheimer-s-disease/article_b898fbe5-d07d-530a-81a0-c25f5ecd5a23.html?source=newsletter&utm_content=a09&utm_source=ml_nl&utm_medium=email&utm_email=874A97654
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@BarBaraPrz (50936)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
30 Oct
@LadyDuck Unfortunately, but better than current treatments.
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@LadyDuck (488976)
• Italy
30 Oct
@BarBaraPrz - It works if patients start to take it at the very initial stage of the disease. It does not work for those who are already in a serious and advanced stage of Alzheimer's.
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@xstitcher (36994)
• Petaluma, California
13 Nov
I hope they don't discover a bunch of bad side effects down the road. 
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@BarBaraPrz (50936)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
13 Nov
It's just a delaying tactic to the final outcome...
@FourWalls (81049)
• United States
29 Oct
Oh, what wonderful news to hear! Sooo thankful they're making progress in this!
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@Marilynda1225 (87453)
• United States
29 Oct
That certainly is good news and how wonderful it would be if it could be the solution to such an awful disease.
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@BarBaraPrz (50936)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
29 Oct
Not exactly a cure, but a good start, I think.
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@GardenGerty (166763)
• United States
8 Nov
That is great news. The fact that it is administered IV also means that it is not broken down by the digestion and caregivers do not have to worry if patients are compliant like they do with pills.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17093)
• China
30 Oct
It is a heartening news ! However the specific cause of Alzheimer is not yet fully understood so far.
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@BarBaraPrz (50936)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
30 Oct
Yes, a cure would be good, but this seems to be a step in the right direction.
@BACONSTRIPSXXX (16516)
• Torrington, Connecticut
30 Oct
Thats good news, my aunt suffers from it and it is sad to see
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@LindaOHio (208335)
• United States
30 Oct
That's amazing. I hope it becomes affordable for all that suffer from Alzheimer's.
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