This common period pain medication reverses Alzheimer's symptoms in mice

[eppur_se_muova]

DAVID NIELD
16 AUG 2016

Scientists have discovered that the pain reliever mefenamic acid – usually given to help with period pain – has a notable side effect: it also reverses the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in mice.

Mice with symptoms of Alzheimer's were treated with doses of mefenamic acid for one month, and their memory loss and brain inflammation completely cleared up.

If the same treatment can be translated to humans – although that's a big if – then we could have a promising new treatment for Alzheimer's disease on our hands.

The team from the University of Manchester in the UK thinks the drug's results could be due to a link between Alzheimer's and inflammation in the brain – something that mefenamic acid helps to tackle.
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more: http://www.sciencealert.com/a-painkiller-has-been-shown-to-stop-symptoms-of-alzheimer-s-in-mice?perpetual=yes&limitstart=1

[MADem]

1. Wow--I wonder how it works?

If this is effective on people, it will have life-altering affects on so many!