{"id":22112,"date":"2023-11-28T07:28:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T12:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22112"},"modified":"2023-11-28T07:28:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T12:28:53","slug":"manufacturers-need-to-be-more-open-about-a-dangerous-alzheimers-drug-side-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22112","title":{"rendered":"Manufacturers need to be more open about a dangerous Alzheimer\u2019s drug side effect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Madhav Thambisetty for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the FDA\u2019s approval of lecanemab (marketed as Leqembi) and Medicare\u2019s recent decision to cover the drug, I have met with Alzheimer\u2019s patients and their loved ones who are anxious to know whether they may benefit from this new treatment. They come in hope that this new medication may slow the progression of a cruel memory-robbing and personality-eroding disease.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2023\/11\/28\/lecanemab-leqembi-aducanumab-donanemab-side-effects-aria-brain\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2023\/11\/28\/lecanemab-leqembi-aducanumab-donanemab-side-effects-aria-brain\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"26\" class=\"wp-image-4372\" style=\"width: 250px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>&nbsp;The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Madhav Thambisetty for STAT) Since the FDA\u2019s approval of lecanemab (marketed as Leqembi) and Medicare\u2019s recent decision to cover<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,31,6,15],"tags":[725,116,990,80,118,599,76,186,61,65,94],"class_list":["post-22112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alzheimersdementia","category-fda","category-medicare-general","category-part-dprescription-drugs","tag-aducanumab","tag-alzheimers-disease","tag-aria","tag-cms","tag-dementia","tag-donanemab","tag-fda","tag-lecanemab-drug","tag-medicare","tag-medicare-part-d","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22113,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22112\/revisions\/22113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}