The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Aduhelm (Aducanumab), a new drug for Alzheimer's. It is being told that this drug is effective in preventing the spread of the disease. However, after this approval, now the controversy has also started.
There is good news for Alzheimer's patients around the world. The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug for the treatment of Alzheimer's patients. The name of this drug for Alzheimer's is Aduhelm (aducanumab). This is the first time in the last 20 years that a drug has been approved for the treatment of Alzheimer's. It is the first drug that stops the progression of the disease.
Doctor Babak Tousi, who is associated with the manufacture of this drug, said that this is the first time in the last 20 years that we have approved a drug for Alzheimer's. This drug has been made by the biotechnology company Biogen. Meanwhile, a controversy has also started regarding the medicine. Experts say that this medicine can also cause serious side effects. The US FDA has also acknowledged this controversy while approving the drug.
The US Food and Drug Administration has said the data to support the drug is "very complex" and full of uncertainty about its benefits. Now the FDA will ask the company to conduct new and large-scale clinical trials on a large scale to get concrete data about the benefits of this drug. If the drug is not found beneficial in the trial, then its approval will be canceled.
Meanwhile, patients will be able to get this medicine. The company claims that this is the first drug that stops the progression of Alzheimer's disease. The approval of this drug has given hope to Alzheimer's patients worldwide. Let us tell you that in India alone, the number of patients suffering from Alzheimer's is more than 15 lakhs. Alzheimer's is a mental disease, due to which the memory of the sufferer becomes weak. The person starts forgetting about things and events.
When this disease reaches its advanced stage i.e. in a more serious condition, then the patient starts forgetting his family members also. Alzheimer's disease is unable to remember anything. He even forgets his family, relationships and home address. In this situation the patient needs a care-taker at all times. Because they just go anywhere without thinking anything and forget who they are and where they are going etc.
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