Alzheimer’s Drug Treatment

The main drug treatment used to help alleviate the symptoms of Alzheimer’s are either Donepezil, Galantamine or Rivastigmine. These three drugs are all pretty much similar and are designed purely to help with the symptoms of Alzheimer’s. There is unfortunately no cure for this disease but with the proper drug treatment you can live a normal healthy life for much longer and have a higher quality of life overall than suffering without this treatment. These drugs can slow down the illness and even help restore some memory function that was previously lost to the disease such as how to do the shopping or similar forgotten tasks.

With Alzheimer’s drug treatment you can improve alertness, focus and motivation as well as have significant improvements in memory functions and slow down the overall loss of memory caused by Alzheimer’s disease.

These drugs do come with some side effects you should be aware of, these include nausea, reduced appetite, fatigue, cramps, insomnia and diarrhea. These can be reduced by taking the medicine at the appropriate times such as after food. These side effects do not normally last more than a few weeks and will immediately go away if the medicine is stopped for any reason. You can talk to your doctor about these side effects if you believe them to be particularly bad for further advice on Alzheimer’s drug treatment.

 

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These drugs are known as Cholinesterase Inhibitors reduce the destruction of Acetylcholine which is needed to pass messages between brain cells. It also increases its levels within the brain so that memory will start to return as the messages can travel again. These will therefore effectively reduce the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease and slow down its effects.

These drugs are highly recognized as very effective Alzheimer’s drug treatment. At least 50% of people who take these drugs show an improvement in their condition and tend to stabilize within around 6 months. It is not known how effective these drugs are in the long term. They may only be temporary or they may only slow the rate of the condition down. Either way, it is generally accepted that while these drugs do offer some memory functions returning and slow down the rate of decline they are in no means a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. Unfortunately, if symptoms do not seem to be alleviated within the first few months of treatment it is accepted that these drugs are ineffective for that individual and these drugs are stopped as an Alzheimer’s drug treatment for that person.

Unfortunately, these drugs are also only available for people who are in the moderate to advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease as they are deemed far too costly otherwise. That means many Alzheimer’s sufferers must endure the disease until it is far enough gone to qualify them for these drugs which is obviously very upsetting for sufferers and their families.