Clioquionol and Alzheimers Disease ~ HGH Academy

Two years ago, researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital examined the possibility of easing the symptoms of Alzheimers disease by using the antibiotic called clioquinol. Their experiment successfully demonstrated the effects of clioquinol on reducing the build-up of amyloid plaques in the brains of mice engineered to developed Alzheimer-like deposits.

The preliminary results have so far been very promising. The report shows that Clioquinol treatment indeed slows down Alzheimers disease and significantly reduces the accumulation of beta-amyloid plaques, which is a cardinal feature of Alzheimers.

Dr. Ashley Bush from the Harvard Medical School explains that Alzheimers disease begins when iron, copper and zinc accumulate in the brain. This turns beta-amyloid into a catalyst which produces hydrogen peroxide; a substance that attacks and destroys brain cells. Insoluble plague is thus formed in the process and this is the main feature of Alzheimers disease.

Dr. Bush believes that clioquinol works by removing the metals such as iron, copper and zinc from the brain. Without these metals, harmful hydrogen peroxide production is inhibited and this also prevents the beta-amyloid particles from clumping together and forming plague.

The main side effect of clioquinol is that it depletes the supply of vitamin B12 in the body. Thus, patients on clioquinol must be sure to take vitamin B12 supplementation concurrently.

Anti-Aging Perspective:

The problem of toxic metal has largely gone unnoticed in the past decades due to insufficient testing techniques. Consult your doctor and ask for a intra-cellular red pack cell study of heavy metals. That is the only true way to know if you have unwanted heavy metal accumulating in your body. Chelating it out with oral or IV chelation is the best way if you have excessive toxic metal on board.