Everyday drugs which are already being prescribed to treat high blood pressure diabetes and skin conditions could be used to fight Alzheimer’s according to a new report. Scientists say that the medicines already in circulation could be cheaper quicker alternatives to ease the effects of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. ‘Defeating dementia is one of the biggest challenges facing both medicine and society as a whole. Developing new drugs is incredibly important but it comes with a huge price tag and for those affected by dementia an unimaginable wait’ Professor Clive Ballard was quoted as saying by the Daily
