Comments on: A Nicotine Pill Could Help Dementia Patients

By: Bob Kernnedy

Bob Kernnedy — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:01:28 +0000

I have colitus. I once quit for Three months and my colitus came back after twenty years of remission. I need a nicotine pill that is about a pack a day. Is there such a thing?

By: Jessie

Jessie — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:35:37 +0000

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Nevertheless there will always be a minority who will not get the point you are trying to make.

By: Helen

Helen — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:58:41 +0000

The entire B complex helps the way John mentions for Niacin. Many people who have Alzheimer’s have spent a lifetime eating foods completely devoid of a full complex of any sort of nutrient. I think that Alzheimer’s is precipitated by poor eating habits even among those wealthy enough to buy produce with all the nutrients because culture deems sweets and white flour to be a sign of upperclassness even in a century when Organic Gardening is not just a magazine.

By: john raguso

john raguso — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:27:41 +0000

Niacin, taken by many to lower cholesterol, is chemically based on Nicotine; another name for Niacin is Nicotinic Acid. Could it be that it would also have a positive effect on demantia ?

By: Linda Born

Linda Born — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:56:35 +0000

In the comments following the Times article one person mentioned that Nicotine mimics the effects of acetylcholine. We already have a non-addictive drug that prevents the breakdown of acetycholine in the brain–brand name, Aricept. It is an approved Alzheimer’s drug. Since the predicted effects of Nicotine are very similar to the benefits of Aricept, in any article citing the nicotine research it would be prudent to mention that a drug already exists that has a positive effect on acetycholine levels in the brain. This might prevent some who are more frightened of dementia than of the effects of nicotine from starting to smoke or wearing a nicotine patch as an Alzheimer’s disease preventative.