title: Medications to modify at-home behavior of Alzheimer's patients.
abstract: Benzodiazepines are used often in elderly, anxious patients with or without dementia. Clearly efficacious and relatively safe, benzodiazepines should be considered the first-line drugs of choice to treat anxiety associated with Alzheimer's disease. "Second-generation" antidepressants, although considerably more expensive than the tricyclics, are of significant benefit in the elderly, primarily because of extremely low anticholinergic side effects.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Maletta
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001519:Behavior / Q000187:drug effects*; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008094:Lithium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008376:Maprotiline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009627:Nomifensine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014196:Trazodone / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D009627:Nomifensine; D008376:Maprotiline; D008094:Lithium; D014196:Trazodone