Alzheimer's patient gets back speech, bladder control and memory in drug trial
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- #Alzheimer's disease
- #Neurodegenerative treatment
- #Psilocybin research
- An 80-year-old advanced Alzheimer's patient showed remarkable improvements after a single dose of psilocybin, including regained speech, bladder control, and memory.
- Psilocybin, a psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms, is being explored for Alzheimer's intervention, though the patient's improvements were temporary and did not reverse the disease.
- The study highlights that functions lost in late-stage dementia may be inaccessible rather than gone, with psilocybin potentially recovering them temporarily by forming new brain connections.
- Psilocybin has previously shown effectiveness for depression, anxiety, addiction, and PTSD, with microdosing becoming popular, but risks include bad trips and hallucinations.
- The research is limited by being a single-patient case study, and the long-term duration of improvements was not specified.