Hello everyone,

I would like to start a conversation about using Montelukast to treat mild to moderate dementia & alzheimers. I believe a lot of people are not aware of this treatment option. But those who are aware of it and have been using it or have used it, it would be great if you could post your results here for others to read.

Being Montelukast is an already prescribed drug and approved by the FDA, your doctor  can prescribe this under the off-label rules. If they will not do that, then let them know under the new "Right to Try" law that was signed into law federally, if a drug is in a phase II FDA trial, in which Montelukast is, by the company Intelgenx, then it qualifies for, Right to Try. That should make them more confident in off-label prescribing Montelukast for dementia / alzheimers.

Here is a couple of links of information regarding using Montelukast for treatment.

Latest exhibit of Phase I completed trial and current ongoing Phase II Trial

http://s2.q4cdn.com/790425727/files/doc_downloads/2018/07/Montelukast-Poster-AAIC2018.pdf

See page 3 of this article which shows a major improvement in MMSE score after 2 months

http://www.biotuesdays.com/features/2018/2/9/strong-scientific-rationale-for-intelgenx-montelukast-program

Dr Rozin Case study with multiple patients using Montelukast treatment.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5420184/

Bottom line if you know someone suffering from this horrible disease, this is one treatment that should be considered immediately. 

Lets get this information out there!

Michael King

NearInfraRed therapy has been found to be useful in treating Macular Degeneration, in addition to Alzheimers.

Turning On Lights to Stop Neurodegeneration: The Potential of Near Infrared Light Therapy in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2015.00500/full

Daniel M. Johnstone1, Cécile Moro2, Jonathan Stone1, Alim-Louis Benabid2 and John Mitrofanis2*

• 1Department of Physiology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
• 2University Grenoble Alpes, CEA, LETI, CLINATEC, MINATEC Campus, Grenoble, France
• 3Department of Anatomy, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease are the two most common neurodegenerative disorders. They develop after a progressive death of many neurons in the brain. Although therapies are available to treat the signs and symptoms of both diseases, the progression of neuronal death remains relentless, and it has proved difficult to slow or stop. Hence, there is a need to develop neuroprotective or disease-modifying treatments that stabilize this degeneration. Red to infrared light therapy (λ = 600–1070 nm), and in particular light in the near infrared (NIr) range, is emerging as a safe and effective therapy that is capable of arresting neuronal death. Previous studies have used NIr to treat tissue stressed by hypoxia, toxic insult, genetic mutation and mitochondrial dysfunction with much success. Here we propose NIr therapy as a neuroprotective or disease-modifying treatment for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's patients.

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=24631333

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