Therapeutic method for treatment of Alzheimer's disease

A method of treating Alzheimer's disease comprising the steps of:

• implanting the distal end of a catheter having a distal end and a proximal end in a patient's lateral ventricle;
• attaching the proximal end of the catheter to a source of indomethacin;
• infusing indomethacin through the catheter to exit the distal end of the catheter in the patient's lateral ventricle.

A method of treating Alzheimer's disease comprising the steps of:

• implanting the distal end of a catheter having a distal end and a proximal end in a patient's hippocampus or lateral ventricle, wherein the patient's hippocampus or lateral ventricle is accessed through a posterior occipital lobe;
• attaching the proximal end of the catheter to a source of indomethacin;
• infusing indomethacin through the catheter to exit the distal end of the catheter in the patient's hippocampus or lateral ventricle.

A method of treating Alzheimer's disease comprising the steps of:

• implanting the distal end of a catheter having a distal end and a proximal end in a patient's hippocampus or lateral ventricle, wherein the patient's hippocampus or lateral ventricle is accessed posteriorally through the occipital lobe;
• attaching the proximal end of the catheter to a source of indomethacin;
• infusing indomethacin through the catheter to exit the distal end of the catheter in the patient's hippocampus or lateral ventricle.

A method of treating Alzheimer's disease comprising the steps of:

• implanting, through a posterior occipital lobe, the distal end of a catheter having a distal end and a proximal end in a patient's hippocampus;
• attaching the proximal end of the catheter to a source of indomethacin;
• infusing indomethacin through the catheter to exit the distal end of the catheter in the patient's hippocampus.

A method of treating Alzheimer's disease comprising the steps of:

• implanting, posteriorally through the occipital lobe, the distal end of a catheter having a distal end and a proximal end in a patient's lateral ventricle;
• attaching the proximal end of the catheter to a source of indomethacin;
• infusing indomethacin through the catheter to exit the distal end of the catheter in the patient's lateral ventricle.

A method of treating Alzheimer's disease comprising the steps of:

• implanting the distal end of a catheter having a distal end and a proximal end in a patient's hippocampus;
• attaching the proximal end of the catheter to a source of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents having cyclooxygenase inhibitor action;
• infusing nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents having cyclooxygenase inhibitor action through the catheter to exit the distal end of the catheter in the patient's hippocampus.

A method of treating Alzheimer's disease comprising the steps of:

• implanting the distal end of a catheter having a distal end and a proximal end in a patient's lateral ventricle;
• attaching the proximal end of the catheter to a source of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents having cyclooxygenase inhibitor action;
• infusing nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents having cyclooxygenase inhibitor action through the catheter to exit the distal end of the catheter in the patient's lateral ventricle.