Challenges of memory enhancers, 2020, Chaudhry

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Tom Kindlon

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I haven't read this but it contains lots of suggestions about drugs that could impair memory, along with suggestions for medications and other items that might help with memory.



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Annals of Geriatric Education and Medical Sciences 2020;7(1):22–31

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Annals of Geriatric Education and Medical Sciences

Review Article Challenges of memory enhancers

Sunil Chaudhry1,* 1Honorary Medical Director, Bioclinitech Technologies Pvt Ltd, Mumbai & GPATTutor.com, India



Article history: Received 12-06-2020 Accepted 26-06-2020 Available online 22-08-2020

Keywords: Short term memory Long term memory Nootropics Alzheimer’s disease Dementia

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40 per cent of people over the age of 65 experience some form of memory loss, called as the age related memory impairment.

This might be due to hormone and proteins (Growth factors) which repair the brain cells decline with age.

Certain conditions such as age, stress, disease and excessive emotional response may lead to loss of memory, loss of learning ability and altered mood and behaviour.

These conditions may be treated by using nootropic agents which can help to improve learning abilities and memory
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I suspect that a major cause of memory problems in people over 65 is polypharmacy.

And I would also suspect that diets are likely to be poor in hospitals, nursing homes, and retirement homes.

Older people still living at home and caring for themselves may lack the energy or motivation or the money to shop for healthy food, and might not be able to cook for the same reasons.
 
1.18. Hormones and memory1.18.1. Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) Is a steroid hormone produced naturally by the adrenal gland, and is the most abundant steroid found in the human blood stream. It has a significant cognitive enhancementeffect32. It improves brain cell activity and enhances memory. It helps to maintain the brain cells ability to store and retrieve information in short-term memory33. DHEA levels naturally decline, as one gets older, and there is strong reason to think that DHEA supplements may extend lifespan and make one more youthful.
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It's ironic that, in the UK, DHEA has been classed as an anabolic steroid and is a category C controlled drug and is thus illegal to buy.

You can find it on the government's controlled drugs list as Prasterone (Dehydroepiandrosterone DHEA).

DHEA is an over-the-counter supplement in the USA.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prasterone#Regulation
 
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