IUBio

New AD drug

Leslie Kay lmk2 at garnet.berkeley.edu
Fri Jun 17 18:26:11 EST 1994


In article <2tr2oe$6an at netnews.upenn.edu>,
Kurt A. Kistler <kistler at a.chem.upenn.edu> wrote:
>
>I believe Tacrine is on the  U.S. market now, even though it does not
>do such a great job.  Are AChE inhibitors a waste of time?

I recently talked with someone who works in this field, and he told me
that AChE inhibitors actually make the problem worse.  Patients
see an increase in dimentia and a whole host of other problems
present.

Leslie Kay
lmk2 at garnet.berkeley.edu




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