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His geriatric doctor said "no" to prescribing medication to help slow down the disease. The doctor said his pulse rate is low ...

In nearly 20 years, aside from cholinesterase inhibitors, memantine is the only drug approved for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Memantine is an uncompetitive N-methyl-D-aspartate ...

There remains controversy in the scientific community about the benefit of statins in women, because women have been less studied than men.

At Stage 5 of the Global Deterioration Scale, a person can’t safely live without assistance. Unfortunately, the treatments at this stage are of limited benefit.

My 89-year-old husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. He does not take any medication. He is in excellent health except for the Alzheimer’s. His blood pressure is 123/69 mm Hg, and his pulse ...

Actress Pauline Quirke, 65, famous for her role as Sharon Theodopolopodous on long-running sitcom Birds Of A Feather, has ...

Consequently, combination therapy currently involves the administration of one cholinergic drug (donepezil, galantamine or rivastigmine) and one glutamatergic drug (memantine). There have been no ...

memantine, or both – as well as ApoE4 status and geographical region. Clarity AD’s phase 3 primary endpoint was change from baseline at 18 months in the CDR-SB (Clinical Dementi Rating Sum of ...

Antidementia drug prescribing was recorded as present if the patient had received such a drug (cholinesterase inhibitor or memantine) and continued to take it beyond the initiation phase. Parkinson’s ...

Barclays analyst Balaji Prasad maintained a Buy rating on Amneal Pharmaceuticals (AMRX – Research Report) today and set a price target of ...