Title:Repurposing Antihypertensive Drugs for the Management of Alzheimer’s Disease
Volume: 28
Issue: 9
Author(s): Christine Shing Wei Law and Keng Yoon Yeong*
Affiliation:
- School of Science, Monash University Malaysia Campus, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, 47500, Selangor,Malaysia
Keywords:
Drug repurposing, alzheimer's disease, anti-hypertensive, calcium channel blockers, ACE inhibitors,
AT2 inhibitors, beta-blockers.
Abstract: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that has affected millions of people
worldwide. However, currently, there is no treatment to cure the disease. The AD drugs available in
the market only manage the disease symptomatically and the effects are usually short-term. Thus, there
is a need to look at alternatives AD therapies. This literature review aims to shed some light on the
potential of repurposing antihypertensives to treat AD. Mid-life hypertension has not only been recognised
as a risk factor for AD, but its relation with AD has also been well established. Hence, antihypertensives
were postulated to be beneficial in managing AD. Four classes of antihypertensives, as well as
their potential limitations and prospects in being utilised as AD therapeutics, were discussed in this
review.