Dementia options
New to this group and wanted to share what I have learned from taking care of my mom and oldest brother until their deaths from dementia and to now, having a middle brother with it and finding out I am positive for early early Alzheimer’s disease based on an MRI showing Beta-amyloid. Unlike my family I have the option to do something positive and met with a Neurologist. I was always told there is nothing that can be done, it's hereditary so it will run it's course, but that isn't necessarily always the case. I have started an IV Infusion program with Leqembi which is a prescription medicine used to treat people with early Alzheimer’s disease, which includes mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or mild dementia stage of disease. So far no side effects. According to what I have read it usually takes about 3 months to start seeing a reduction in Beta-amyloid. I guess we will see.