Practical Pharmacology for Alzheimer’s Disease

• Main Authors: Kudo, Takashi (Author), Davis, Kenneth L. (Author), Blesa Gonzalez, Rafael (Author), Wilkinson, David George (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurology.; Psychopharmacology.; Pharmacotherapy.; Medicine & Public Health.

The wide acceptance of the amyloid cascade hypothesis has led to vigorous development of disease-modifying drugs for Alzheimer’s disease, such as amyloid vaccinations and gamma- or beta-secretase inhibitors. However, the fact that clinical trials of these drugs have not yet yielded satisfactory resu...

Table of Contents:

• Basic theory of pharmacology for Alzheimer’s disease
• Practical Pharmacology of Donepezil
• Practical pharmacology of Galantamine
• Practical pharmacology of Rivastigmine
• Practical Pharmacology of Memantine
• How do we use Symptomatic drugs for Dementia.