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"First Skin Patch Sanctioned for Alzheimer's"

Source: CBC.CA

Published: 09 Jul 2022

Category: Pharmaceutical

Rating: (1½ stars)

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WEDNESDAY, July 19 (HealthDay News) - The first patch designed to deliver a widely used Alzheimer's medication via the skin appears to minimize side effects while being easy to use, Swedish researchers say.
"We think we have a new treatment strategy, and it will be very, very much used," said study author Dr. Bengt Winblad, a chief physician in geriatrics medicine at the Karolinska Institutet in Huddinge.....

The original article can be found at: http://www.cbc.ca/cp/HealthScout/060719/6071920U.html

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how did it rate? (more information)

Criteria	Rating
Total Score	3 of 10
Availability of Treatment	Not Satisfactory (?)
Novelty of Treatment	Satisfactory (?)
Disease Mongering	Satisfactory (?)
Treatment Options	Not Satisfactory (?)
Costs of Treatment	Not Satisfactory (?)
Evidence	Not Satisfactory (?)
Quantification of Benefits of Treatment	Not Satisfactory (?)
Harms of Treatment	Satisfactory (?)
Sources of Information	Not Satisfactory (?)
Relies on Press Release	Not Applicable
Quantification of Harms of Treatment	Not Satisfactory (?)

what we said (Hover the mouse cursor over underlined words for more info)

This article is about a new method to deliver alzheimer's drugs to patients, through a transdermal system which has just been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

While the treatment exists currently in capsule form this article makes the claim that the patch offers 3 times fewer reports of nausea and vomiting. What those original rates of these side effects are, unfortunately not mention.s

This article lacks some information on the topic particularly the nature of the evidence that supported the approval of this drug, and how it might compare to other possible treatments. It also does not mention if this treatment has been approved in Canada and what the cost might be to the patient.

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