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| New drugs for Alzheimer's disease | | Author(s) | Alistair Burns, Eve Russell, Sean Page |
| Journal title | British Journal of Psychiatry, vol 174, June 1999 |
| Pages | pp 476-479 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Drugs. |
| Annotation | A new class of agents, cholinesterase inhibitors, is now available for the symptomatic treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The drugs concerned are: tetrahydroaminoacridine (tacrine), donepezil hydrochloride, and rivastigmine. This article briefly reviews these new drugs, and outlines the implications for psychiatrists. Studies of other drugs - metrifonate, and other anticholinesterase agents - are also summarised. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990716225 A |
| Classmark | EA: LLD |
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