Association of Terazosin, Doxazosin, or Alfuzosin Use and Risk of Dementia With Lewy Bodies in Men

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Prostate Medications Terazosin, Doxazosin, Alfuzosin Shown to Decrease Lewy Body Dementia Risk by 40%

User Emillahr, in the DementiaHelp subreddit, 10 Sep 2024

Quite robust * [Association of Terazosin,...

User adssx, in the Parkinson's Disease subreddit, 02 Sep 2024

Quite robust actually: * [Association of Terazosin, Doxazosin, or Alfuzosin Use and Risk of Dementia With Lewy Bodies in Men](ht…

Drugs that treat enlarged prostate may also decrease risk for dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), says study. Specifically, side effect of the drugs target a biological flaw shared by DLB and other neurodegenerative diseases, raising possibility they may have broad potential treating these conditions.

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