DaveFoster
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A megadose of vitamin E 'slows down' Alzheimer's
"One group of 152 patients received a daily dose of 2,000 international units – which equates to more than 1,300g – of alpha tocopherol, a form of vitamin E.
Others received either a placebo pill, the Alzheimer’s drug memantine, or a combination of vitamin E and memantine.
Over a period of 2.3 years, patients who took the supplements alone had an annual 19 per cent reduction in the extent to which Alzheimer’s affected their daily lives compared with the placebo group.
The effect amounted to a ‘clinically meaningful’ delay of 6.2 months in a worsening ability to deal with daily activities such as shopping, preparing meals and travelling, says a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Neither the drug nor a combination of memantine and vitamin E were as beneficial.
Compared with those taking vitamin E, the group taking dummy pills lost three or more units on average."
"One group of 152 patients received a daily dose of 2,000 international units – which equates to more than 1,300g – of alpha tocopherol, a form of vitamin E.
Others received either a placebo pill, the Alzheimer’s drug memantine, or a combination of vitamin E and memantine.
Over a period of 2.3 years, patients who took the supplements alone had an annual 19 per cent reduction in the extent to which Alzheimer’s affected their daily lives compared with the placebo group.
The effect amounted to a ‘clinically meaningful’ delay of 6.2 months in a worsening ability to deal with daily activities such as shopping, preparing meals and travelling, says a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Neither the drug nor a combination of memantine and vitamin E were as beneficial.
Compared with those taking vitamin E, the group taking dummy pills lost three or more units on average."
