title: Drugs for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: Alzheimer's disease affects up to 100,000 people in Australia, but pharmacological treatment has only been available in recent years. Currently available drugs provide modest relief of symptoms for varying periods of time but have no proven preventive action against the disease.
authors.affiliation: Academic Department of Psychogeriatrics, Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney, NSW.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brodaty
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Sachdev
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans