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Recent advances in drug treatment for A lzheimer's dementia
Author(s) -
Loi Samantha,
Chiu Edmond
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
asia‐pacific psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.654
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1758-5872
pISSN - 1758-5864
DOI - 10.1111/j.1758-5872.2011.00138.x
Subject(s) - dementia , drug , disease , population ageing , medicine , intensive care medicine , gerontology , population , psychology , psychiatry , environmental health
The increasing ageing population and subsequent increase in dementia means that the need for finding appropriate treatments has become more important. Current treatments are limited and only provide some symptomatic improvements in patients. This article reviews the recent drug advances in treatment for A lzheimer's disease which have been of varying success. It appears that a combination of these will be required.