New ‘Miracle Pill’ Can Help Improve Your Memory
I always think of the brain as a gigantic muscle. Just like any other part of our bodies, when you don’t exercise your mind, you don’t achieve maximum performance.
I can remember as a student, finding ways to help me understand and memorize the plethora of information that I was bombarded with each day. I kept those habits with me through my lifetime by doing things like reading books that made me think, daily newspapers, playing chess, doing crossword puzzles, writing and listening to music.
As I get older, yes, my knees hurt, I have back pain, and God knows my shoulder gives out once in a while — but my mind is as sharp as ever. There are many disease processes that can prematurely age the brain and interfere with memory, such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, epilepsy and certain metabolic disorders. And I know that the pharmaceutical industry is trying their best to develop medications that will help these patients retain memory function.
These days, I am reading more and more about college students relying on pills to help with their concentration. Even parents are requesting that some of these pills be prescribed to their children to enhance their performance in school.
Now I’m not saying that some kids don’t need medications to help them concentrate, but the recreational use of these drugs is getting out of hand, and parents need to be aware that the potential side effects can be serious.
But what is even more upsetting to me, is what I have been reading lately about some pharmaceutical companies developing a new lifestyle pill for the general population suffering from what they like to call “age-related memory loss.” These new medications are basically watered-down versions of some of the drugs that patients are taking for the treatment of Alzheimer’s. But these new, less-potent versions are targeted toward making healthy minds sharper and more aware.
I can see it now, let’s look at the commercial:
Husband: Honey, I’m home, and I picked up the groceries like you asked.
Wife: Thank you dear, but oh — you forgot to buy the bread and butter.
Husband: Oh, you’re right — I don’t know what happened…I just forgot.
[Insert sentimental music here]
Cue sympathetic voice saying: “Don’t forget the small things, take this ‘new pill’ that will help you remember everything you need to know to keep your wife happy.”
Getting old is not a bad thing. But taking pills to stay young, could have a very damaging effect on our future. What’s next, a pill to forget?
Tags: age-related memory loss, Alzheimer's, brain, Dr. Manny Alvarez, epilepsy, memory loss, memory pills, metabolic diseases, miracle pill, Parkinson's
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You forgot to give us the name of the pill !
There’s an affordable substance that’s been around for centuries- it sharpens your mind,keeps you alert and has been a blessing to every night-owl on this planet: It’s called COFFEE. Combined with 3 square meals, calcium and multi-vitamin supplement, women like myself can expect to stave off dementia as long as we stay active and involved with family, friends and work.
And your point is?
What’s next, a pill to forget?
We’ve have forever, it’s called alcohol.
To Cindy: Caffeine like nicotine is inversely correlated to both Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases but caffeine is also a cause of osteoporosis and smoking a cause of lung cancer.
A very simple and cheap way to improve anyone’s memory is to simply take ginkgo.
Dr Manny:
You mention you knees hurt. Isn’t that a sign of arthritis ? Use a metal chelator and your pain will soon disappear. Herbs containing saponins are very efficient in this regard.
Quote: “And I know that the pharmaceutical industry is trying their best to develop medications that will help these patients retain memory function.”
I’m sorry but I don’t believe that at all. I could see the horrific results of the conventional treatment of Parkinson’s disease in my father or of neuropathy in my mother. Big Pharma has NO intention to heal people. Drugs make diseases WORSE with time. ALL DRUGS CAUSE LIVER INJURY, a cause of DEATH. ALL DRUGS CAUSE *VERY* STRONG OXIDATIVE STRESS and oxidative stress is the cause of most diseases.
Quote: “Getting old is not a bad thing.”
Except that the older you get the more prone to diseases you are. After spending YEARS of my life suffering from Wilson’s disease (= copper toxicity) don’t speak to me that suffering has any positive aspect. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
I got the pill but I forgot to take it.
“A very simple and cheap way to improve anyone’s memory is to simply take ginkgo.”
That was never scientifically proven.
In fact, it’s been scientifically disproven in a recent study.
Ref. Dr. Manny’s Enhanced Memory by use of Miracle Pill:
I, too, see you did not mention the Name. Are you referring to one called Focus Factor?
You left us hanging.
Eleanor. Richmond, Va.
I forgot what I was going to write….
with all due respect, doctor,wait until you are as old as i am and you begin to forget things; like where you you left your car keys-or even where you left your car. Did you take your medicine or should you chance taking it again? What is the name of that woman? Oh yes, that’s my wife of 55 years. Memory enhancing medications need to be thoroughly researched and harmful side effects determined. But if a useful and non-harmful pill is developed, what’s the harm?
Having known a # of people suffer the ravages of alzheimers I’m willing to take any new drugs made available by established cos. Some diseases are just to ugly! I really don’t believe that scientist actually want to make us worse. What do /can they gain by authorizing medication which can overall be dangerous
Spring Valley Glucosamine Chondroitin Soft Chews: A Pain-Relief Supplement found at Walmart is like a miracle cure for painful knees. It really works! When I discovered it six years ago at age 46, I was having terrible left knee pain from a motorcycle injury incurred at age 13. I can now run, jump, work out, etc. without any pain (ever) regardless of the weather!
Starkle, starkle, little twink, who the h*ll I are I think……….
gees, Rose, take a pill………..
what is the name of this memory pill?
pill to forget has existed for a long time; benzodiazepines esp the ones used for sleep-aid like Restoril and medications like ambien.
What happened to Ginkgo?
Study finds Ginkgo ineffective !
http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/38094
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial found glucosamine is no better than placebo in reducing the symptoms or progression of hip osteoarthritis.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18283204
Ginko is no better.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/health/research/18gingko.html?_r=1
Their only purpose is to separate you from your money.
Are we gonna get the name of the pill or did he forget it? I hate teasers like this,,,,,,,a waste of time.
Not gonna tell us the name…make us angry. pffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffft!!!!!
U gonna name give name of pill or did U “FORGET???” LOL
maybe in happy-fun-land you want to remember all those events that bring character…..I’m good with my current memory….you can keep your pill. idiots.