{"id":52636,"date":"2025-04-25T22:03:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T02:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hancockhealth.org\/mayo-health-library\/lecanemab-for-alzheimers-disease-an-option-for-you\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T12:06:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T17:06:55","slug":"lecanemab-for-alzheimers-disease-an-option-for-you","status":"publish","type":"mayo","link":"https:\/\/hancockhealth.apgar.digital\/es\/mayo-health-library\/lecanemab-for-alzheimers-disease-an-option-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Lecanemab for Alzheimer&#8217;s disease: An option for you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container mx-auto   wordpress-block wordpress- core-\">\n<p>Lecanemab (Leqembi) is a medicine given to slow the progression of mild Alzheimer&#8217;s disease (AD). This medicine reduces clumps of proteins called amyloid-beta proteins that play a key role in AD. Reducing amyloid-beta proteins in the brain modestly slows memory and thinking decline from <abbr title=\"Alzheimer's disease\">AD<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<p>Lecanemab is for people who have early symptomatic <abbr title=\"Alzheimer's disease\">AD<\/abbr>. A recent trial of the medicine showed that taking lecanemab over 18 months slowed the rate of cognitive decline. It&#8217;s not yet known whether the medicine helps in other ways such as slowing development of <abbr title=\"Alzheimer's disease\">AD<\/abbr> in people without symptoms of memory loss.<\/p>\n<p>Lecanemab is given as an IV infusion every two weeks. Your care team watches for side effects and asks you or your caregiver how your body reacts to the medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Because lecanemab is a new medicine, there is still much to learn about it. Some people who take lecanemab have side effects such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dizziness.<\/li>\n<li>Headache.<\/li>\n<li>Visual changes.<\/li>\n<li>Worsening confusion.<\/li>\n<li>Swelling or bleeding in the brain.<\/li>\n<li>Brain shrinkage.<\/li>\n<li>Rarely, death.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lecanemab is not helpful for people with full cognitive function or later stages of <abbr title=\"Alzheimer's disease\">AD<\/abbr>. The medicine does not prevent or cure <abbr title=\"Alzheimer's disease\">AD<\/abbr>. Your health care team helps you decide if lecanemab is an option for you.<\/p>\n<p>The medicines you take for other conditions and your health history may affect whether you can take lecanemab. A history of cancer or bleeding in your brain or use of anticoagulant drugs, such as warfarin (Jantoven) or apixaban (Eliquis), may prevent you from taking lecanemab.<\/p>\n<p>Also, people who carry a certain form of a gene known as APOE e4 appear to have a higher risk of serious side effects when they take lecanemab. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends being tested for this gene before starting treatment with lecanemab.<\/p>\n<p>If you take lecanemab, you need a brain MRI before beginning treatment. Then you have regular <abbr title=\"magnetic resonance imaging\">resonancia magn\u00e9tica<\/abbr> scans to check for brain bleeds. If your side effects are severe, you may need anti-seizure medicines or care in a hospital. You also may have to stop taking the medicine.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn whether the Alzheimer&#8217;s disease medicine lecanemab may be a treatment for you.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[1686,1685,1682,1684],"class_list":["post-52636","mayo","type-mayo","status-publish","hentry","tag-anatomical-structure","tag-condition","tag-person-group-concept","tag-theme-of-focus","content_type-articles"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lecanemab for Alzheimer&#039;s disease: An option for you? - Hancock Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lecanemab for Alzheimer&#039;s disease: An option for you? 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