9: Drugs for Dementia

Question 1

1st and 2nd MC cause of dementia

Answer 1

1. Alzheimer’s

2. vascular dementia

Question 2

ALZ warning signs

Answer 2

memory loss affecting job, difficulty with familiar tasks, language problems, disorientation to time and place, poor judgement, misplacing things, mood swings, change in personality

Question 3

treatments that have been tried for Alz but no evidence of benefit

Answer 3

selegiline, estrogen, NSAIDs, ginkgo biloba, B vitamins, omega3s

Question 4

one supplement that has shown mild evidence for alzheimers and is very safe, so its worth a try

Answer 4

vitamin E

Question 5

Prevagen

Answer 5

a drug on the market for Alz with no actual evidence that it works