What Are The Newest Medications To Treat Dementia
Common class of drugs may impair thinking in seniors
October 27, 2008
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How Does HIV/AIDS Dementia Differ from Alzheimer's?
By Christine Kennard , Health ExpertInfection used to be the main cause of dementia. Treatment for infections and inflammation of the... Read more »
Dementia and Incontinence Treatment: News Alert!
By Jasmine Schmidt , Health Expert...never. Here's one of the news reports: Bladder and dementia therapy may be incompatible ... Read more »
Study Shows Mixing Dementia Drugs with Incontinence Drugs Can Cause Decline
By Carol Bradley Bursack , Health Expert...of drugs often given, in tandem, to people with dementia - a population that also tends to... Read more »
Why Cant' We All Agree on a Diagnosis?
By David Roeltgen, MD , Health Expert...covered previously: the issue of depressive “pseudo-dementia,” the diagnosis of mild... Read more »
Alzheimer’s Drug News Disheartening - But At Least We Still Have Hope
By Carol Bradley Bursack , Health Expert...article titled "US review finds no good drugs for dementia," Maggie Fox, Health and Science... Read more »
Health Guide
Reversible Dementias
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...Research | FAQs What is Alzheimer's disease?Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia among older people. It involves parts of the brain that control thought, memory, and... Read more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Medications
...Rivastigmine is used to treat mild to moderate confusion (dementia) related to Alzheimer's... Read more »
...Donepezil is used to treat mild to moderate confusion (dementia) related to Alzheimer's disease.... Read more »
...is used to treat mild to moderate confusion (dementia) due to Alzheimer's disease. Tacrine... Read more »
...Galantamine is used to treat mild to moderate confusion (dementia) related to Alzheimer's... Read more »
...is used to treat mild to moderate confusion (dementia) related to Alzheimer's disease. It... Read more »
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