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Lithium Orotate Usage and Alzheimer’s
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Thank you so much for your post. The references in that study have a lot of value to support that Li is an important trace element for many mental conditions, particularly AD. It's too bad there haven't been more definitive studies done. All Big Pharma wants to do is develop expensive new drugs with difficult names renamed for marketing purposes. Leqembi for example removes the plaque caused by the disease but doesn't treat the cause. The result is a short term delay in its progress with potentially dangerous side effects for some.
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@longboat1 agree. The potential revenue generation from an inexpensive, readily available mineral health supplement that, at least in mice genetically altered to develop AD, , eliminates amyloid plaque in a year. So there is no money in “Look what we proved”!
When i informed my neurologist and my primary care Doc of my decision to proceed AMA, i gave that same response when they said “we” should wait for human trials. I explained that I understand it is mot approved foppr the purpose of mitigating AD and I may not achieve more than some mood lift. I could live with that. But the likelihood of major human trial conducted by a pharmaceutical company is not terribly likely in my personal opinion. Ditto for University research. They need patents more than ever. So I am proceeding with a mineral supplement that has minimal to- no downside and lots of potential upside in my view.
6 weeks ago I started with pure brand 1mg capsules to test for reaction and went up 1 mg per week until I got to 5 mg and switched to 5mg. capsules. No side effects good or bad. But we need to remember that 5mg is virtually nothing compared to the 600-1200mg given for bipolar disease.