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by CivBase 1733 days ago
The flushing process was some kind of medicine which induced vomiting. I'm not familiar with the meds, but I know they were intended to delay the progression of Alzheimer's. Unfortunately, we can't know if it actually worked for her because we don't have a control to compare to. It's tempting to say they were ineffective given what happened, but for all we know things could have been even worse.