ADHD and diabetes drugs are to be tested on Alzheimer's patients in a UK trial that could halve testing time
Angela Bucksey, 67, from Cambridgeshire, is the first patient to start treatment on the AD-SMART trial. Her mother and aunts also had the disease. The study begins with atomoxetine for ADHD and metformin for type 2 diabetes, measured against a single shared placebo group. Prime Minister Andy Burnham is backing it: his father Roy, 86, died with Alzheimer's in September, unaware his son had become PM.
Bucksey says joining the trial is her way of saying 'I will fight back.'
Burnham: 'I have made dementia research a national priority.'
Drugs that show no benefit can be dropped quickly and replaced with new ones.
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