Don't Stop Dementia Drugs
THE Northern Echo has launched a campaign to ensure that thousands of Alzheimer's sufferers are not denied vital drugs which can slow down the effects of this terrible disease.
A decision by NHS drugs watchdog the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) means that from November 22, 2006, doctors will no longer be able to prescribe the drugs to newlydiagnosed patients in the early and late stages of Alzheimer's.
| Judge fast-tracks dementia review | | 10:37am Wednesday 9th May 2007 | | A RULING denying treatment to tens of thousands of Alzheimer's patients could be overturned as soon as next month after a judge last night ordered a fast-track review of the decision. |
| "Senility is very undignified" - George Melly | | 10:39am Tuesday 24th April 2007 | | NOT only has he had to cope with lung cancer for the past two years, but jazz legend George Melly has also been diagnosed as being in the early stages of dementia. |
| Blair to examine drugs decision | | 10:42am Tuesday 28th November 2006 | | THE Prime MInister last night pledged to look carefully at the controversial decision to restrict access to dementia drugs. |
| Outcry as dementia drug rules published | | 10:44am Wednesday 22nd November 2006 | | CONTROVERSIAL guidelines that will deny thousands of Alzheimer's sufferers access to dementia drugs were published today - and were immediately condemned as a "confusing mess". |
| The campaign must go on | | 10:43am Wednesday 22nd November 2006 | | LAST Friday, thousands of people in 30 towns and cities across the North-East and the wider country marched in the hope they could persuade the Government to disregard controversial advice from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) to restrict access to dementia drugs. |
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