What medications are used to treat Alzheimer's?

Hi Mario,

Welcome to our site.  

When medications are prescribed to treat Alzheimer's, they are used primarily to retard the progression of the disease or to help manage behavioral problems.  Physicians prescribing these medications will take many factors into account, including the stage of the disease and  the overall health of the individual.  There is a saying that goes, "when you have seen one person with Alzheimer's, you have seen one person with Alzheimer's.  This means that each person who suffers from Alzheimer's responds differently.  The disease progresses differently in each person and each person responds differently to medications or a grouping of medications.

What I recommend, is that you learn as much as you can about the medications out there.  One way to do that is to read.  On our site we have an entire library devoted to medications and supplements.  You can get to the Medications and Supplements Library by clicking here.  

• One article that may be of particular interest is an article about the differences between the different medications: How Do Alzheimer's Medications Differ?

• Be sure to read about the medical food Axona as well, click on the link below:  

         New FDA Medical Food Helps Early Memory Impairment

You can start with the articles above and let me know if you have questions about them.  Keep me posted,

Dina