{"id":347322,"date":"2025-10-03T16:05:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T10:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=347322"},"modified":"2025-10-03T16:05:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T10:35:16","slug":"lecanemab-drug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/lecanemab-drug\/","title":{"rendered":"Lecanemab Drug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>Recently, Australia\u2019s Therapeutic Goods Administration approved lecanemab (Leqembi) for early Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>About Lecanemab Drug<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_347323\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-347323\" style=\"width: 361px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-347323\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-STAT-News.jpg?resize=361%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"361\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-STAT-News.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-STAT-News.jpg?resize=1024%2C566&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-STAT-News.jpg?resize=768%2C425&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-STAT-News.jpg?resize=1536%2C849&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-STAT-News.jpg?w=1568&amp;ssl=1 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-347323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; STAT News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>disease-modifying immunotherapy<\/strong> for early <strong>Alzheimer\u2019s disease<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim:<\/strong> It aims to <strong>address underlying disease processes rather than only relieve symptoms.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It may <strong>slow progression in some people<\/strong> with an early diagnosis.\n<ul>\n<li>It is<strong> not a cure <\/strong>and<strong> does not reverse existing symptoms.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It will <strong>not benefit dementia caused by other conditions or Alzheimer<\/strong><strong>\u2019<\/strong><strong>s <\/strong>that has progressed beyond early stages.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Working Mechanism<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Lecanemab is a monoclonal antibody produced in a lab that targets <strong>amyloid-beta<\/strong>, including its soluble protofibrils\u2014the <strong>protein build-ups that are a key sign of Alzheimer<\/strong><strong>\u2019<\/strong><strong>s disease. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>When lecanemab attaches to these proteins, <strong>it acts like a marker that tells the body<\/strong><strong>\u2019<\/strong><strong>s immune cells to find and clear them. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>By helping remove this amyloid build-up, the <strong>drug aims to limit ongoing damage to brain cells <\/strong>and slow decline in the early stages of Alzheimer\u2019s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Issues with Lecanemab Drug<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Accessibility:<\/strong> It costs about A$40,000 per year, making access difficult for many.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Side-effects:<\/strong> Reported risks include <strong>brain swelling and small brain bleeds<\/strong>, with symptoms such as headaches, dizziness, blurred vision, and balance problems in some.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Other Alternative Drugs<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> <strong>Donanemab<\/strong> works in a similar way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Dementia<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dementia<\/strong> is a <strong>condition<\/strong> that leads to <strong>progressive memory or thinking problems<\/strong> and is now the <strong>most common cause of death<\/strong> in <strong>Australia<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Causes:<\/strong> There are <strong>many<\/strong> <strong>causes<\/strong> of dementia, but <strong>Alzheimer\u2019s disease<\/strong> accounts for around <strong>60\u201380% of all cases<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Recently, Australia\u2019s Therapeutic Goods Administration approved lecanemab (Leqembi) for early Alzheimer\u2019s disease. \u00a0About Lecanemab Drug It is a disease-modifying immunotherapy for early Alzheimer\u2019s disease. Aim: It aims to address underlying disease processes rather than only relieve symptoms. It may slow progression in some people with an early diagnosis. It is not a cure and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/lecanemab-drug\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lecanemab Drug<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-347322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347322\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}