People Are Receiving Treatment For Alzheimer’s Perhaps Don’t Have It

People Are Receiving Treatment For Alzheimer’s Perhaps Don’t Have It    

Effective Diagnosis Requires PET Scans, Which Are Expensive And Not Always Covered By Insurance    

A study found out that many patients treated for Alzheimer’s did not have the disease. Half of them had mild cognitive impairment and 70% had an amyloid plaque in their brains, which is a marker for Alzheimer’s. These might have the condition, but the remaining 50% and 30% definitively don’t have it. Unfortunately, the only way to diagnose the amyloid plaques is through PET scans or invasive spinal taps, and these are very expensive and not always covered by insurance. However, if the patient does not have it, allows the doctor to turn to a less expensive and more effective treatment. Click here for more information.