title: Drug treatments for Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: This article discusses the development and progress of treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Medical treatments have not changed since the late 1990s and have limited effects. They treat the symptoms patients experience but do not reverse the effects or repair neurological damage caused by Alzheimer's disease. Updated NICE guidance and likely future advances in treatment are also
authors.forename: Graham A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing; D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
chemical_list: D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate