Donepezil

treatments that can help dementia but many are the same treatment for Alzheimer’s. “Medication for dementia should be started only by specialists. Those with mild or moderate Alzheimer's disease may benefit from an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor such as donepezil, galantamine or rivastigmine” ( Warren 42 ). It takes a lot of patience to help care and treat a person with dementia and therefore definitely a lot more to learn. Delirium is a fast progressing state of changes in mental status where…

There may be no cure but there are treatments for Alzheimer’s disease currently there are five drugs that have been approved to treat the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. Two drugs that work on treating all stages of Alzheimer’s disease and are donepezil and rivastigmine. There are two others that treat mild forms of Alzheimer’s and are tacrine and Galantamine. However only one drug that treats only severe cases of Alzheimer’s and that drug is Memantine. How these drugs mechanically work on…

Alzheimer’s disease (AD), was discovered as senile form of dementia in early 1907 by Alois Alzheimer in 1907. Since then the disease has been researched and studied to generate a knowledge base of symptoms, etiology, pathogenesis, treatment and management of the disease. AD is differentiated from senile dementia due to the neurodegenerative process which involves deposits of protein known as amyloid in neurons and neurofibrillary tangles which form plaques. This formation of plaques leads to…

there is no cure yet for any dementia and there is not really a way to slow down its progression like they would do for cancer cells. Since Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia, there is medication given, specifically four and they are: donepezil, alantamine, rivastigmine, and tacrine. There are ways to prevent dementia since it is a disorder that a person will have to live with until death. They include: not smoking or drinking, not consuming too much cholesterol, and taking proper…

For our organ system project, we decided to research the nervous system. The nervous system includes the brain, the spinal cord, and the peripheral nerves. It is a complex collection of nerves and neurons which carry messages to different parts of the body. The nervous system is responsible for responses of the body to environmental changes. The Nervous system is made up of two components: the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. The central nervous system entails the brain…

Nonpharmacological intervention includes counselling the family on the course and prognosis of illness and pharmacological intervention include management with cholinesterase inhibitor and the NMDA antagonist – Donepezil, rivastigmine, and galantamine (Chisholm-Burns et al. 2013). Frontotemporal neurocognitive disorder (FTNCD) represents as a spectrum of neurocognitive diseases that compromise function of the frontal brain networks resulting in cognitive and behavioral…

chemical important for learning and memory. Also they delay the symptoms for an average of 6-12 months. Although, some side effects are nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, and increase in bowel movement. The three that are most commonly prescribed are Donepezil (Aricept) for all stages, Rivastigmine (Exelon) for more mild to moderate stages, and Galantamine (Razadyne) also for mild to moderate stages. For the more severe stages, memantine (Namenda) is given. It is for improving memory,…

Music Therapy in Alzheimer’s Treatment Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of Dementia, it’s a tragic disease that deteriorates memory, and causes issues with thinking and behavior. No cure has been found, but there have been multiple studies over how music eases the effects of this horrible disease. The majority of people suffering with Alzheimer’s disease show signs of psychiatric distress and in many cases a range of abnormal behavioral patterns can appear in the later stages of the…

Since Alzheimer’s disease (AD) was discovered, victims of the disease, family members, and physicians became curious to know more about this now well-known illness. It has inspired many to conduct research to better understand the disease, so this research sets out to examine the pathophysiology of AD. Through this research, the disease was found to be defined as a category of dementia and is analyzed in depth through the understanding of the causes of the disease and how it affects the human…

It is essentially a terminal prognosis in which all you can try to do is maintain the mental capacities and provide a good quality of life. There are currently only five FDA approved drugs to treat Alzheimer’s. Drugs such as Donepezil and Razadyne that are used in helping the person to maintain their mental function by regulating the neurotransmitters that are not functioning. In the last few years research and development into Alzheimer’s disease has made incredible strides.…