The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 271 No 7258 p75
19 July 2003

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NSAIDs lower Alzheimer's risk

A review published this week in the BMJ lends support to the hypothesis that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs lower the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (2003;327:128). Canadian researchers found that NSAID use seemed to offer some protection against development of the disease and the benefits were greater the longer NSAIDs were used. The data also suggested that aspirin may have a protective effect although the finding was not statistically significant.