BBC News reported that following a U-turn by the health watchdog, patients in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease could get drug treatments that were previously only available to patients with more advanced cases.
NICE has now given new draft guidance for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease that people with mild symptoms should also get the drugs and recommends a 4th drug, Ebixa, for patients with severe Alzheimer's. The final decision will be made later this year.
Latest data shows that about 380,000 people in England and Wales have Alzheimer's and more than 50% are estimated to have mild to moderately severe disease.
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