“…Currently, phase II clinical trials are underway testing leuprolide acetate as a possible therapy for Alzheimer's disease and, interestingly, women undergoing treatment showed stabilization of cognitive decline, whereas men were not as responsive to the treatment [66 ]. This may be due to the fact that, unlike menopause, andropause is a gradual process, and leuprolide acetate would deplete remaining circulating sex hormones in men but not in women, leading to detrimental cognitive effects.…”