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Medication and Treatment for Dementia
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Certain medications may help improve symptoms that impact thinking and memory in some people with dementia. Other drug treatments can help with related symptoms, such as depression, sleeping problems and agitation. Details about these medications in this resource.
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Keywords
dementia, Alzheimer's, brain, side effects , pill, tablet, cholinesterase, antidepressant, antipsychotic, donepezil, rivastigmine, galantamine, memantine
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Rated on: 4/6/2017 10:18:25 AM
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