Pratchett cures Alzheimer's Disease...Kinda...Your Thoughts?

Just found this out today. I did have a clip i was going to play but couldn't convert it to a format Premier liked.

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• alzheimers
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[songster117]

Hi, this is NOT a drug it is a supplement and it is in food. Lambs liver, eggs and chicken liver have it. It is in lecithin and is manufactured by the brain. If you look up Nita Scoggan's story you will see she cured her husband of full blown alzheimers with this supplement on a dose of 500gms per day.

[TheHairyGeek]

@songster117 drug, supplement, it's just a name and doesn't matter.

I know where it comes from, what it is, and what it does, since i'm not a retard and was able to spend 10 minutes with google.

Unfortunately, 'full blown Alzheimers' means nothing. Are you saying he had gotten to the point of losing the ability to recall memories, or that his brain was pretty much starting to fall apart from the inside, which is what eventually happens?

[TheHairyGeek]

@songster117 what's also funny, is that nowhere else, other than this woman's website, and that of a company selling the drug, is this cited as a cure for the desease. When your brain is literally falling apart, there is nothing that can be done.

even if this supplement can 'help promote a healthy brain', it cannot reverse brain damage

[songster117]

No I don't think he's doing the right thing especially as the cure for alzheimers is to take a supplement called Phosphatidylserine, 500mgs to 1500mgs per day. You'll start to see an improvement after 6 weeks or so. Nita Scoggan cured her husband who had full blown Alzheimers with this supplement.

[TheHairyGeek]

@songster117 Pratchett is well on top of keeping up with research regarding treatment. if this drug woks, then he'll have heard of it and will be trying it.

He's not given up hope, he has given huge amounts of money for research and is trying everything he can. All he wants to do is die as himself with his own mind

[TheHairyGeek]

@songster117 I just looked up that drug you mentioned. Phosphatidylserine is NOT a cure for alzheimers. even the website of the producers of the drug doesnt make any such claim. In fact they are very careful about their wording. Anyone thinking this is a 'cure' has misunderstood both, this drug, and what alzeimers actually is.

[songster117]

f you ever suffer from Alzheimers or have a loved one who does, there is hope. If you want to know more detail about Nita Scoggan's story you can go to nitascoggan.comand hear her story. Hope this helps

[TheHairyGeek]

prick

[TheHairyGeek]

i completely agree that it's a complete cop out under most circumstances, selfish and cowardly. But if you are terminal, and you know you don't have a massive amount of time left, you should definitly be allowed some degree of control

[obsquatch]

Heavy. I believe that you can chose when you time has come. Whether that is a good choice, or made for the right reasons is where the gray areas lie. I think that suicide is a cop out, a selfish last "fuck off" to the world. A complete lack of responsibility to the pain of life. But, shrug, if you have terminal cancer, or are a total shit bag... Sure. Do it.