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Alzheimer's Disease
What it is and Drugs to treat it
Term | Definition |
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Alzheimer disease | progressive condition, memory loss, confusion, impaired judgment, personality changes, disorientation, loss of language skills, decrease in AcH production; multiple dementia pro condition of deteriorating cog func 50-70% |
Early stage | memory loss increase, symptoms more evident, cog func declines |
Mid stage | moderately- severe; major gaps in memory, may not know personal info, personality changes, cant dress self |
Last stage | Severe; losses speech, mobility, motor skills, can feed self or use the toilet by themselves |
Aricept | donepezil; MOA; AcH inhibitor, Dx: |