Citalopram Fights Agitation in Alzheimer’s
The antidepressant drug citalopram, sold under the brand names Celexa and Cipramil and also available as a generic medication, significantly relieved agitation in a group of patients with Alzheimer’s...
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Beware of Common Anticholinergic Drugs
Drugs widely prescribed to the elderly could be responsible for a decline in cognitive and physical function according to research from the University of East Anglia and the Regenstrief Institute. A...
View ArticleAgitation in Alzheimer’s: Rexulti® Makes Meaningful Improvements
PRINCETON, N.J. & DEERFIELD, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– On November 9, 2023, Otsuka Pharmaceutical and Lundbeck Pharmaceuticals announced treatment with REXULTI® (generic name: brexpiprazole) resulted...
View ArticleToo Many Drugs Due to Clinical Inertia
More than half of nursing home residents with advanced dementia receive medications of questionable benefit at substantial financial cost. This includes medications to treat dementia and lower...
View ArticleCan Aricept Help Advanced-Stage Alzheimer’s?
SOURCE: William A. Van Horn, MD The post Can Aricept Help Advanced-Stage Alzheimer’s? appeared first on Alzheimer's & Dementia Weekly.
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Caregivers Delight: 31-Day Pill Organizer, 4 Times a Day
PRODUCT OF THE WEEK: Caregivers love this pill box, as do patients and professionals. Simply fill it once a month. Caregivers need only know the month and day. Relieves the worry of over or under...
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DICE Study: How to Calm Alzheimer’s Patients Without Drugs
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Doctors write millions of prescriptions a year for drugs to calm the behavior of people with Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia. But non-drug approaches actually work...
View ArticleSeroquel-quetiapine Prescriptions Drop 15% After Dementia Warning
Warning letters from Medicare can safely cut prescribing of a powerful but risky antipsychotic, according to a new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The antipsychotic...
View ArticleHallucinations in Dementia – What’s Really Going On?
Dr. G. Allen Power is a board-certified internist, nursing-home practitioner, specialist geriatrician, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester, and an Eden Alternative Educator...
View ArticleAntidepressants, Antihistamines & Dementia
Long-term use of some anticholinergic medications are associated with an increased risk of dementia, even when taken up to 20 years before a diagnosis. The research, led by England’s University of...
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