The Food and Drug Administration’s approval in 2023 of lecanemab—a novel Alzheimer’s therapy shown in clinical trials to modestly slow disease progression—was met with enthusiasm by many in the field as it represented the first medication of its kind able to influence the disease. But side effects—brain swelling and bleeding—emerged during clinical trials that have left some patients and physicians hesitant about the treatment.
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