[ExI] bexarotene is a bust

[spike]

The buzz on the internet AD community concluded this by about April of 2012.
It gave us hope for a few weeks, some people tried it, some even reported
positive results online, but in every positive case reported, I read
carefully what they wrote and concluded it was either wishful thinking,
sloppy thinking or inconclusive based on the observations they reported.  I
never did go as far as trying the stuff on my relative.  Good thing we
didn't:

 

http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/23/18451554-alzheimers-drug-was-too-
good-to-be-true-studies-find?lite

 

It sounded too good to be true and unfortunately it was.  Three research
studies out Thursday severely diminish the hope that a cancer drug already
on the market could be an Alzheimer's treatment.

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