Most drugs currently being used or that are under investigation to treat Alzheimer's are aimed at slowing progression. To date, none are cures. In fact, the improvements from some of these drugs may be so modest that even the patients and their families are not aware of them. Even in these cases, however, the drugs may delay the need for admission to nursing homes.
There are currently two drug classes that have been appr...
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A drug prescribed to treat depression could be beneficial to those with multiple sclerosis (MS). A new study finds Prozac... Read summary »
A new once-daily dose of the antidepressant Trazodone helped insomnia and depression in recent clinical trial. The manufacturer Labopharm plans to... Read summary »
Labopharm, the manufacturer of the once-a-day antidepressant Trazodone, is enrolling patients in a national clinical trial. The once-a-day formula is... Read summary »
Pharmacist Suzy Cohen responds to a reader who wants to stop taking the antidepressant Prozac. The reader feels the drug isn't helping after taking... Read summary »
New animal studies show that the antidepressant Prozac appears to make old brain cells return to their more youthful condition. Scientists gave... Read summary »