Practical Pharmacology For Alzheimer’s Disease

Author(s) : Takashi Kudo, Kenneth L. Davis, Rafael Blesa Gonzalez, David George Wilkinson

Book Description:

In this book, the four leading experts on the ACE inhibitors donepezil, galantamine, and rivastigmine and the NMDA receptor antagonist memantine explain the practical pharmacology of these symptomatic drugs with the aim of providing a sound basis for their clinical use in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. In addition, an introductory chapter considers the basic theory of pharmacology for Alzheimer’s disease and the book closes with an overview of the ways in which symptomatic drugs for dementia are used.

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