I have quite a bit of relatively insider knowledge on this. It's a hail mary and an unprecedented break in FDA procedure. The normal process has been pretty much discarded in fervent hope of making progress.

There's an argument for that, but at what cost?

I don't know anything about it, but it sure sounds like a payola deal.

My dad has dementia and is in memory care, at 86.

I would not even consider putting him on this. Frail, old people are the last people you should experiment on. They already have lots of health problems for which they take lots of drugs. What effects and interactions will this drug cause?

Dad may not have a lot of years left, but I dont think we should squander them with him taking g a drug that hasn't been proven effective.

I second Cindy's thoughts.

My great-aunt was prescribed Aricept a long time ago. One of the nurses at the nursing home she lived in told me (in an indirect and subtle way) that in general they saw very little, if any, positive results and that people seemed to have side effects and it was tough on the liver. I told the doctor to take her off the med.

And though it's anecdotal, I and some close friends have had experience managing the meds for senior parents with and without dementia. The fewer drugs and the fewer side effects you have to juggle, the better.

Everyone would like the magic cure. Sad to say, it doesn't exist yet.