Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A drug, C13H14N2, used in its hydrochloride form to treat memory loss and other cognitive deficits in people with Alzheimer's disease.
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- noun A
parasympathomimetic anticholinesterase , one of the first approved for the treatment ofAlzheimer's disease .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Current treatment involves the use of drugs such as donepezil, tacrine, rivastigmine, galanlamine etc which act as choline esterase inhibitors.
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Current treatment involves the use of drugs such as donepezil, tacrine, rivastigmine, galanlamine etc which act as choline esterase inhibitors.
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Available cholinesterase inhibitors drugs are donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine, and tacrine. antipsychotic agents (olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone), were found to have "adverse effects offset advantages in the efficacy of atypical antipsychotic drugs for the treatment of psychosis, aggression, or agitation in patients with Alzheimer's disease."
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Use of approved treatments for Alzheimer's disease (including donepezil (Aricept), rivastigmine (Exelon), galantamine (Razadyne, RazadyneER), tacrine (Cognex) and memantine
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Use of approved treatments for Alzheimer's disease (including donepezil (Aricept), rivastigmine (Exelon), galantamine (Razadyne, RazadyneER), tacrine (Cognex) and memantine
Presseportal.de 2010
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Janda said, "we found that thc was a very effective inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase. in addition to propidium, we also found that thc was considerably more effective than two of the approved drugs for alzheimer's disease treatment, donepezil (aricept ®) and tacrine (cognex
aids-write.org 2009
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