Lithium against Alzheimers
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L. Wayne Buinis
Aug 7, 2025, 2:20:52 PMAug 7
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Could lithium stave off Alzheimer’s disease?
"In studies of adult mice genetically engineered to develop plaques and Alzheimer’s-like symptoms, adding a low dose of a compound called lithium orotate to their drinking water throughout their lives prevented the development of plaques, along with the accumulation of tau, another Alzheimer’s-linked protein. Unlike lithium carbonate, the molecule used to treat bipolar disorder, a low dose of lithium orotate completely reversed memory loss in aging mice during object recognition and maze tasks—without evidence of the long-term kidney and thyroid toxicity known to be a side effect of the bipolar treatment . . ."
"In studies of adult mice genetically engineered to develop plaques and Alzheimer’s-like symptoms, adding a low dose of a compound called lithium orotate to their drinking water throughout their lives prevented the development of plaques, along with the accumulation of tau, another Alzheimer’s-linked protein. Unlike lithium carbonate, the molecule used to treat bipolar disorder, a low dose of lithium orotate completely reversed memory loss in aging mice during object recognition and maze tasks—without evidence of the long-term kidney and thyroid toxicity known to be a side effect of the bipolar treatment . . ."
James E. LaBarre
Aug 7, 2025, 4:10:55 PMAug 7
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On 8/7/25 2:20 PM, L. Wayne Buinis
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Could lithium stave off Alzheimer’s disease?
As they say, there's one good thing about Alzheimer's... Every day you get to meet new people...
(I still think it will take too long tofind a
later-life treatment to help my brother & me).
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