Treatment. Most types of dementia can't be cured, but there are ways to manage your symptoms. Medications. The following are used to temporarily improve dementia symptoms. Cholinesterase inhibitors. These medicines work by boosting levels of …

2024年7月10日 · Although there's no cure for Alzheimer's disease, certain drugs might help you manage your symptoms and improve your life for a time.

2024年11月8日 · Further research into the safety of people with dementia taking 2,000 international units daily of vitamin E are needed before it can be routinely recommended. Supplements promoted for cognitive health can interact with medicines you're taking for Alzheimer's disease or other health conditions.

2024年7月10日 · A medicine initially developed as a possible cancer treatment — saracatinib — is now being tested in Alzheimer's disease. In mice, saracatinib turned off a protein that allowed synapses to start working again. Synapses are the tiny spaces between brain cells through which the cells communicate.

Some causes of dementia-like symptoms can be reversed with treatment. They include: Infections and immune disorders. Dementia-like symptoms can result from a fever or other side effects of the body's attempt to fight off an infection.

2024年10月30日 · Cholinesterase inhibitors include tacrine, donepezil (Aricept), rivastigmine (Exelon) and galantamine. If your loved one with dementia takes these kinds of medicines and is having trouble sleeping, talk to a member of the healthcare team. It often helps to take the medicine no later than the evening meal. Think about trying melatonin.

2021年6月15日 · You've probably noticed a news story or two this week touting the big news that, for the first time in nearly 2 decades, the FDA has approved a new pharmacologic treatment for Alzheimer's Disease, called aducanumab.

2024年9月25日 · Each year, Mayo Clinic doctors care for more than 3,700 people with dementia including Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body dementia and frontotemporal dementia.

2024年4月3日 · You may need blood tests, brain-imaging scans and other tests that can help pinpoint reversible causes of memory loss and dementia-like symptoms. You might be referred to a specialist in diagnosing dementia or memory conditions, such as a neurologist, psychiatrist, psychologist or geriatrician.

2024年3月26日 · Sundowning isn't a disease. It's a group of symptoms that occurs at a specific time of the day. These symptoms may affect people with Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia. The exact cause of sundowning is not known.