spaghettiwesternDec 29

Trump’s Mystery Bruise Spreads to His Other Hand

https://sh.itjust.works/post/52476132

Trump’s Mystery Bruise Spreads to His Other Hand - sh.itjust.works

The president had yet another strange mark on his hands over Christmas, once again raising concerns that his health is not what he has claimed it to be. Donald Trump—the oldest person to ever be elected president—was photographed with what appeared to be another bruise on Christmas Eve, this time marring his left hand. The 79-year-old has repeatedly claimed that he is in pristine condition, brushing off public alarm over his deteriorating body.

Show threaddaanniiDec 30

Some people speculate is dementia drug infusions.

I did work for about a year during pharm research for Alzheimer’s. Most of those drugs are infusions.

However. None of them stop or reverse loss.

They just slow it down And they aren’t even that effective. Honestly the data I saw… My opinion was. :

-Desperate people are going to pay this $1200 a month infusion cost for literally no benefit and extra risks.

Based on the documents I read, for one of the drugs we were testing (I forget the drug but I recall it’s already used to treat ALS)-

The dosage needed to cause a change in Alzheimer’s would have a serious health risk of brain bleeding.

The dose we were using was like 1/3 of the expected effectiveness dosage.

I thought this was kind of unethical because people signed up to be in the study with the hope of a medicine that would help them. And that’s how it was presented to them.

However. The study was really just trying to see how much brain bleeding occured at 1/3 dose.

With zero expectations for actual effectiveness on slowing down the progress.

I did not like the ethical issues with this line of work.

Anywho I have gotten on a tangent.

The other thing I wanted to say is , if these drugs are to have any effects in slowing (but none stop or reverse , just to be 100% clear on this), then the person MUST start them with early symptoms. What is called “mild cognitive impairment”.

They do nothing if symptoms are already noticeable.

And most people don’t realize they have dementia until it’s already moderate because they mask their symptoms. Or their symptoms are often excuses because “pops/Mom is getting old and that’s normal”.

Show threadMinnesotaGoddam
gonna be honest, i think the drug accelerates als.
Dec 30 at 11:05amWeb
Show threaddaanniiDec 31

Considering that micro brain bleeds are a common side effect. I don’t see how it wouldn’t ultimately do more harm than good.

I read all the documentation on that als drug. The people who wrote it said something like the micro brain bleeds were found with mri scans but cognitive testing didn’t reveal that they caused any impairment.

I was like. Wtf.
Do these people not know how the brain works?

Damage is damaged. Something has been lost. Regardless if a test found whatever that loss was or not.

Only broad extensive testing of multiple cognitive and motor functions could determine if the micro bleeds were or weren’t doing harm. And there are complications with going that much testing. Plus why would they want to uncover support for increased loss. ?

That was my first experience working in pharmaceutical research and it honestly has made me less comfortable with using medications. I wonder how many desperate people are paying for drugs with minimum therapeutic value and much higher risks than they think.

I feel like Alzheimer’s drugs are predatory in nature because we KNOW that you can’t reverse the damage. And there is ample evidence that the processes of dementia likely start in the 30s.

If there is any chance of treating/curing it, it’s going to be identifying it early and treating it then. Like in the 30s. And there already is research on going in that area.

But greedy companies want to drain gramp’s savings before he dies.

Show threadMinnesotaGoddamDec 31

greedy companies want to drain gramp’s savings before he dies.

weird enough, insurance covered it 100%. like, they covered all his als stuff 100%.

Show threaddaanniiDec 31
I’m glad it was covered for yours. Some insurance is better than others.
Show threadMinnesotaGoddamDec 31
thanks! it’s a long and complicated story like it always is. Short version, dad was both in the military (which helped with the insurance, since ALS is considered a service related condition) and he was in a major ongoing medical study involving the brain, so i called in every favor i could in the insurance industry and believe me, i worked in medical accounting for a few decades i had a few levers i had been holding onto for emergencies. everything happened fast and smooth. couldn’t have gotten better care for him.