Alzheimer’s disease can take drugs to improve cognition (such as donepezil, etc.), improve the mental and behavioral symptoms of the drug (such as risperidone, etc.), the use of medication should follow the doctor’s instructions.
1. Drugs to improve cognition: including cholinesterase inhibitors (e.g. donepezil, carboplatin, etc.), glutamate receptor antagonists (e.g. memantine, etc.).
For patients with moderate or severe Alzheimer’s disease, a combination of 1 cholinesterase inhibitor and memantine may be used in order to achieve better cognition, daily living ability and social functioning, and to improve psycho-behavioral symptoms. Adverse drug reactions should be noted when using the medication.
2. Drugs for mental behavioral symptoms: antipsychotics can be used to control hallucinations, delusions and excited impulsive symptoms, commonly used drugs such as risperidone and olanzapine; antidepressants can be used to treat depression, mild agitation and anxiety, commonly used drugs such as citalopram and sertraline; mood stabilizers can be used to alleviate impulsive and agitated behaviors, such as valproate, and so on.
Those who are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and need to take medication should strictly follow the doctor’s instructions to take medication, please do not use and stop taking medication on your own, so as to avoid delaying the condition.