Nicotine without tobacco may protect from Alzheimer’s disease

Nicotine without tobacco may protect from Alzheimer’s disease
Nicotine when given independent of tobacco wards off neuro-degenerative diseases.

It did not produce a negative change in behaviour, in fact, the high levels of nicotine made the animal models less anxious, Winzer-Serhan added. Previous studies had confirmed that tobacco products are bad for the health, and even the new e-cigarettes may have harmful toxins. ‘Even if these weren’t very preliminary results, smoking affects in so many health problems that any possible benefit of the nicotine would be more than cancelled out,’ Winzer-Serhan said. However, it is also unclear if nicotine’s effects are related only to its ability to suppress appetite, or if there are more mechanisms at work. Still, researchers cautioned people not to purchase nicotine-containing products just yet. ‘At the end of the day, we haven’t proven that this addictive drug is safe. I want to make it very clear that we’re not encouraging people to smoke,’ Winzer-Serhan noted, adding ‘smoking is only one possible route of administration of the drug, and our work shows that we shouldn’t write-off nicotine completely.’ Read more about World Alzhiemer’s Day: India count 3.7 million with Alzheimer’s to be doubled by 2030

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