As a treatment is approved in the UK but deemed too expensive for NHS use, a married couple say it has bought them valuable time
at the age of 72 – news which his wife, Cheryl, describes as ‘heartbreaking.’ At the time, in 2016, scientists and drug developers had been striving for decades to develop a medication which could slow down or reverse the degenerative brain condition, with little success.
“At first he couldn’t remember how to do his profession. I’d also tell him things and the next day, he’d have no clues about it,” Cheryl says. “I’d say, ‘Oh you never listen to me!’ But as time went on, we realised it was slightly more serious.”called memantine on the NHS, which is commonly given to patients with varying forms of dementia, including Alzheimer’s.
Much has been made of NICE’s decision not to authorise lecanemab to be covered on the NHS, to the disappointment of various Alzheimer’s charities and patient groups, meaning that anyone who wants to try the drug can do so at private clinics, but will likely need to pay in excess of £50,000 per year, both for the treatment and the regular brain scans which are needed to ensure safety.
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