Re:Chemical clears Alzheimer's protein and restores memory i...
by FreeFull on Thursday December 17, 2015 @11:43AM
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Taking chemicals which haven't been made for human consumption and haven't been tested thoroughly could render you dead much faster than that.
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Re:Chemical clears Alzheimer's protein and restores memory i...
by callesgg on Thursday December 17, 2015 @12:10PM
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Dead can to be honest be better than full blown Alzheimer's.
Re:Chemical clears Alzheimer's protein and restores memory i...
by tormeh on Thursday December 17, 2015 @12:40PM
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This. If there's a 10% chance it works and you don't die, I bet a lot of Alzheimer's patients would jump on it.
Re:Chemical clears Alzheimer's protein and restores memory i...
by roywiggins on Thursday December 17, 2015 @01:42PM
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Some people go to Switzerland for specific chemicals to render them dead as fast as possible, since they see it as preferable to living with Alzheimer's.
Admittedly it seems like a bit of a gamble to just start popping drugs whether they've been studied or not, but people spend lots of money on "natural" supplements which are at least usually reasonably safe but are even less likely to work.
Re:Chemical clears Alzheimer's protein and restores memory i...
by TrevorJ on Thursday December 17, 2015 @01:15PM
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Alzheimer's is such an awful way to go, I can see how people would chance it.
Re:Chemical clears Alzheimer's protein and restores memory i...
by sliverstorm on Thursday December 17, 2015 @01:41PM
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When it comes to rapid onset dementia, that's a risk many people are willing to take.
Re:Chemical clears Alzheimer's protein and restores memory i...
by pizza on Thursday December 17, 2015 @12:08PM
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Yes, obviously. But what about new chemicals where testing has been done, without significant observed damage? Is that considered safe after enough observations, or would a single fatality skew your risk-minimizing behavior?