Comments on: Does treating dementia help? http://www.medrants.com/archives/1995 Internal medicine, American health care, and especially medical education Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:15:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: drugreps aredrugpushers http://www.medrants.com/archives/1995/comment-page-1#comment-4021 drugreps aredrugpushers Tue, 29 Jun 2004 22:41:53 +0000 http://medrants.com/archives/2004/06/25/does-treating-dementia-help/#comment-4021 Your first mistake was meeting with drug reps. Your first mistake was meeting with drug reps.

]]> By: RGL http://www.medrants.com/archives/1995/comment-page-1#comment-4002 RGL Sat, 26 Jun 2004 17:01:20 +0000 http://medrants.com/archives/2004/06/25/does-treating-dementia-help/#comment-4002 During my years of practice, I found out the benefits of Aricept, and other drugs, have been overhyped. These drugs are not only expensive, but confer no material benefits that I or relatives of my patients could see. The claim had been made that their use at least arrested the progression of the disease, but I find that dubious and probably can make the same claim for placebos. I would not recommend the use of these drugs. Drug reps ought to stop selling false hopes. During my years of practice, I found out the benefits of Aricept, and other drugs, have been overhyped.

These drugs are not only expensive, but confer no material benefits that I or relatives of my patients could see. The claim had been made that their use at least arrested the progression of the disease, but I find that dubious and probably can make the same claim for placebos.

I would not recommend the use of these drugs. Drug reps ought to stop selling false hopes.

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