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Anti-inflammatory drugs ineffective for prevention of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease

Published: 15 April 2019

Study sheds light on longstanding debate

Researchers have known for decades that inflammation accompanies Alzheimer鈥檚 disease (AD) brain lesions. Several early studies suggested that 鈥渟uper-aspirins鈥 or Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) could help avoid the disease. However, after clinical trials showed that NSAIDs don鈥檛 help patients who already have AD symptoms, doctors wondered whether these drugs could still be helpful to people who were at risk of developing the disease, but weren鈥檛 yet showing symptoms.

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