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      • What Is Dementia?
      • What Is Alzheimer's Disease?
      • Other Dementias
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      • Causes of Alzheimer's Disease
      • Race As a Risk Factor
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    Treatment

    1. Drug Treatment

      1. Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease

        Right now, there is no cure for Alzheimer's disease. But there are medicines that can ease some of the symptoms in some people. 

      2. How Race and Culture Can Affect Alzheimer's Care

        But cultural beliefs about mental health conditions like Alzheimer’s can also affect how and when one gets help.

      3. Which Medicines Treat Dementia?

        When someone you care about has dementia, their memory loss is affecting their daily life. There are medicines that can help.

      4. Anti-Amyloid Therapies for Alzheimer’s Disease

        The newest treatment approved to fight Alzheimer’s disease is a kind of drug called an anti-amyloid.

      5. Aduhelm: What to Know

        Aducanumab (Aduhelm) is a drug for Alzheimer’s with mild cognitive impairment. The FDA approved it faster than usual.

      6. Cholinesterase Inhibitors for Alzheimer's Disease

        Alzheimer’s disease destroys the neurons that make acetylcholine. Cholinesterase inhibitors slow this process. 

      7. NMDA Receptor Antagonists and Alzheimer's

        NMDA (short for N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptor antagonists are a class of drugs that may help treat Alzheimer's disease.

    2. Complementary & Alternative Treatment

      1. Do Vitamins and Supplements Help?

        There are no vitamins or supplements proven to prevent, stop, or slow down Alzheimer’s.

      2. Brain-Stimulation Therapies for Alzheimer's

        Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is one of the newer therapies for people with Alzheimer’s disease.

      3. Art and Music Therapy for Alzheimer's

        Some Alzheimer’s treatments involve medications. Others are non-medical Alzheimer’s therapies like art, music, and more.

      4. What Other Therapies Help Someone With Dementia?

        In addition to drugs that help Alzheimer's symptoms, there are other therapies that may help your loved one with daily life.

    3. Research and Potential Treatments

      1. Research in Alzheimer's Disease

        Alzheimer's disease research is currently being tackled from many sides.

      2. Is an Alzheimer’s Disease Vaccine Possible?

        Clinical trials continue in hopes of a new vaccine that can treat, cure, and prevent Alzheimer’s disease.

    4. Symptom Management

      1. Adjunct Treatments for Alzheimer's

        Adjunct treatments are additional therapies that treat symptoms associated with Alzheimer's other than the memory loss.

      2. Alzheimer's Symptoms: Therapies That Can Help

        Some Alzheimer's disease therapies ease the symptoms and help people do better for longer.

      3. Alzheimer’s and Agitation: Treatments

        People with Alzheimer’s can get anxious or upset easily. Agitation can keep them from a normal day-and-night routine.

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