The Claim

In patients with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease treated with weekly 7 mg rapamycin, pre-dose trough concentrations are consistently below 2 ng/mL and remain under the established immunosuppressive threshold of 5 ng/mL, indicating a lower risk of systemic immunosuppression with this dosing regimen.

Source: Pharmacokinetic analysis of intermittent rapamycin administration in early-stage Alzheimer's Disease

What the research says

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In plain English

People with early Alzheimer’s who take 7 mg of rapamycin every week seem to have low levels of the drug in their blood before their next dose—so low that it probably won’t weaken their immune system.

See the scientific wording

In patients with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease receiving weekly 7 mg rapamycin, pre-dose trough concentrations remain below 2 ng/mL and below established immunosuppressive thresholds (5 ng/mL), suggesting a lower risk of systemic immunosuppression with this dosing regimen.

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Pharmacokinetic analysis of intermittent rapamycin administration in early-stage Alzheimer's Disease

    The study gave Alzheimer’s patients a weekly 7 mg dose of rapamycin and found that the drug levels in their blood before the next dose were too low to cause significant immune suppression, which supports the claim.

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