Commentary: With more Alzheimer’s treatment options, when should doctors prescribe them?

Alzheimer’s disease was first named and described in 1910. It is disgraceful that for most of the 20th century, the disease was underfunded by the government, neglected by most of the medical community and ignored by Big Pharma. It was not until 1994, more than 80 years after the disease was discovered, that the Food and Drug Administration approved the first drug for Alzheimer’s. That medicine was not especially effective and was ultimately pulled from the market for safety concerns. Were it any other