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Last Updated: Nov 21st, 2006 - 21:27:47 |
Another sign conventional medicine acknowledges and appreciates all the benefits alternative treatments provide: An Italian study that acknowledged ginkgo biloba, as shown many times before, works just as well as Aricept (donepezil) in treating mild or moderate Alzheimer's related dementia.
For the study, 76 mild-to-moderate dementia patients received either a placebo, ginkgo or Aricept for six months, followed by a four-week course of a placebo to exclude those reactions. During the study period, more ginkgo patients dropped out of the test, but not for the same reasons as the four Aricept dropouts who left due to adverse drug reactions.
Based on test scores to determine the severity of dementia afterward, scientists agreed both ginkgo biloba and Aricept work just as effectively to slow down the damage. I wonder, however, if the effect of Aricept on study patients was a fluke, considering cholinesterase inhibitors like Aricept, Reminyl and Exelon have been found to be beneficial for only 20 percent of Alzheimer's patients.
Ginkgo is merely one of several natural, safer treatments to beat Alzheimer's. Some of the rest include:
European Journal of Neurology, Vol.13, No. 9, September 2006: 981-985
Copyright 2006 mercola.com
Comments from readers on mercola.com
This is something many people know, however, the drug companies will make it look like Ginko Biloba has no effect on Alzheimer's but there medications can help it.
mmc88121
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The drug companies obviously will discredit most natural cures because that takes away from where they make their money, but you also have to watch companies that sell vitamins and herbs (even though it is a healthier approach if it works) because that is where they make their money. They may have ulterior motives and be a little less than honest as well.
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The company I work with also makes a product with ginko biloba which is one of the things we reccommend for kids with ADD. It seems it has all around benefits for the various functions of the brain, not just alzhiemers.
Melissa
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