TREATMENT+Alzheimers+Natalie+Yi+Ping

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TREATMENT There are in fact several treatments given to Alzheimer's patients, but no cures. Several drugs are used to treat Alzheimer's such as Galamantine, Donepezil, Rivastagmine, and Tacrine. Many doctors recommend patients to use Namenda instead. Namenda works differently from other drugs. Namenda increases brain chemicals called glutamate. Glutamate is an important brain chemical that helps the brain think. ' Many people with Alzheimer's also enter in clinical trials to try to increase their lifespan. The doctors usually take the placebo effect into mind though. The placebo effect is when somebody actually thinks something is happening to their body when it isn't, for example, taking a piece of candy shaped like the real pill, and then actually having the effects. So then doctors will usually give half the people the real medicine and half of them fakes, to find out what the medicine really does, and to see if it will help people with Alzheimer's. Quiz Which drug increases the brain's amount of glutamate? a. Galamantine b. Donepezil c. Rivastagmine d. Namenda Answer- d ===|| HOME || CAUSE || EFFECTS || TREATMENT || PREVENTION || Ronald Reagan || NOTES || MLA ||===