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Taking Multiple Diabetes Drugs May Help Prevent Alzheimer's

Diabetic patients who are taking more than one Diabetes drug may reap benefits they never thought possible. According to new research findings, diabetes patients who are taking Insulin in addition to a pill form of medication are less likely to suffer the effects of Alzheimer’s.

Alzheimer’s is the 6th leading cause of death. Diabetes follows close behind. While some studies have found that patients suffering from diabetes were at higher risk of Alzheimer’s other studies showed they were less likely to suffer. These conflicting reports are at the heart of the study involving 124 diabetic patients and 124 patients without diabetes.

The study aimed at finding the reasons why some diabetics were less likely to contract the brain numbing Alzheimer’s while others seemed almost immune to the condition. After extensive study, researchers found the link between the treatment regime followed for the diabetes and the occurrence of Alzheimer’s.

When a patient contracts Alzheimer’s, amyloid plaques form in the brain cells. These plaques were reduced in patients who were prescribed both insulin and a pill form of treatment as a combination therapy. Most of the patients on the combination therapy were taking the diabetes medications from the sulfonylureas family.

Many diabetic patients control their blood sugar levels with the use of diet, Exercise and lifestyle changes in addition to taking a pill form only for their medicinal treatment. Thanks to these research results, doctors are optimistic about the future reduction in the number of cases of Alzheimer’s in the United States and abroad.