a class of drugs commonly prescribed in the United States and United Kingdom as antidepressants and incontinence medications, has found that their use is associated with increased risk of dementia, even when taken 20 years before diagnosis of cognitive impairment. ...
Objective: Patients with dementia may be at high risk for psychiatric adverse drug reactions (ADRs). A Bayesian approach was developed for the assessment of changes in cognition and behaviour suspected as being related to psychotropic medications.Design: This was a prospective observational study. A ...
Drug discovery from Chinese medicine against neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's and vascular dementia Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia are two major diseases associated with dementia, which is common among the elderly. While the etiology of dementi... Y Ho,K So,R Chang - 《Chinese Medicine...
"Z-drugs are commonly prescribed to help people sleep—however these medicines were never licensed for dementia and they have been associated with adverse events such as falls and fracture risks in older people. "We wanted to find out how they affect people with dementia, who are frequently pre...
We recommend that these treatments be limited to the short-term treatment of psychiatric symptoms associated with serious distress or risk.关键词: PLACEBO-CONTROLLED-TRIAL LEWY BODY DEMENTIA ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE DOUBLE-BLIND BEHAVIORAL DISTURBANCES PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS PARKINSONS-DISEASE NURSING-HOME FOLLOW-...
The researchers also found that the higher the dose of a drug that impairs cognitive function, the higher the risk of dementia. However, other antiepileptic drugs, i.e. those which do not impair cognitive processing, were not associated with the risk. ...
Cholinesterase inhibitors, commonly used to treat dementia, are associated with significant, potentially serious, weight loss in elderly dementia patients.
April 2022- NovaMedica developed and registered an innovative combination of Donepezil and Memantine molecules, the primary therapies for dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease. The drug is registered under the name MIOREOL. This is one of the combinations in the Russian market and the markets...
With the introduction of combination antiretroviral therapy, the incidence of HIV-associated dementia has been dramatically reduced. However, the prevalence of less severe forms of the disorder remains around 20%. There is controversy about whether some patients may continue with progressive cognitive ...
Memory impairment and other cognitive disturbances characterize dementia, but other noncognitive behavioral and psychiatric symptoms are very common. The most important behavioral and psychiatric symptoms associated with dementia (BPSAD) are agitation, aggression, and psychosis, and they have serious consequen...