Anti-Dementia Medications

This talk is an overview of medications used to treat dementia.
Key:
ACHO = acetylcholine, ACHE = acetylcholinesterase, s/e = side effects, PO = oral, QD = daily, TOP = topical, QWK = weekly, CVS = cardiovascular, GI = gastrointestinal, HEP = hepatic, REN = renal, WT = weight, IR = immediate release, BID = twice daily, ER = extended release, GLUT = glutamate, dz = disease, monotx = monotherapy, abn = abnormalities, a/w = associated with, AMS = altered mental status, h/a = headache, sz = seizure
References:
Varadharajan, Ashvin, et al. "Guidelines for pharmacotherapy in Alzheimer’s disease-A primer on FDA-approved drugs." Journal of neurosciences in rural practice 14.4 (2023): 566.
UpToDate.com. "Treatment of Alzheimer disease".
UpToDate drug information pages for donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine, memantine, lecanemab, donanemab, aducanumab.
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[@alanwaterman1328]

Very clear. Thanks.

[@astraxeon]

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