whether dementia drugs are worth using
May 2008
There's controversy over whether dementia drugs are worth using.
Lots of dementia patients are put on cholinesterase inhibitors (Aricept, etc) or Ebixa (memantine) in the hope of improving cognition and functioning.
But these drugs are only modestly effective...at best.
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