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Disclaimer: this is not medical advice and I am not a medical professional.

If the long-term protective benefit of the otc drug specifically as it relates to AD has not been studied, don't start taking it under 30.

What has been studied are the links between your lifestyle and both protection from disease onset, and maintenance of cognitive function at the highest possible level throughout the early stages of disease. Stay smart. Always learn. Be physically active. Challenge yourself.

Also, as treatments emerge over the next 30 years, the barrier to adoption will be the social stigma and an education problem. People don't want to get diagnosed for Alzheimer's Disease. Geriatric Psychs lament that family members are bringing in their loved ones nearly 100% of the time. Preventative drugs, as they become available, need to be taken early, yet, the earliest phases of the disease are difficult to disambiguate from normal cognitive decline that occurs with aging. Add in the fear - you just don't want to know - and you get most patients arriving to diagnosis too late. You're already on the right track by being confident, proactive, and taking responsibility to do what you can to remain as healthy as possible throughout your life. Don't stop.