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First steps for coping with mild cognitive impairment Apr 11 11:25pm | By Dr. Anne Shandera-Ochsner, HABIT Midwest Director (@dranneshanderaochsner)
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@SusanEllen66

I was diagnosed with MCI 3 years ago. Now I have “graduated” to Alzheimer’s Dementia.
Today I was told that I was approved by Medicare for the new medication for MCI. It is Leqembe. The cost is astronomical! $26,500./year and Medicare is paying 80%. The statistics show that it is 27% effective. I’m not sure that’s good enough, but at least it’s something!
I will start the infusions soon.

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labrown | @labrown | Apr 11 8:08am

Susan, please keep us updated on how Leqembe works for you. My husband has also been dealing with MCI for about three years. He is not able to take Aricept but does take Memantine twice daily; however, it doesn’t really seem to help. He is 67 and this has been so hard for him, and hard for me. There’s not much encouragement from the medical side, but we keep looking for anything that might be helpful to him.

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