My 90 year old great grandmother is amazingly fit for her age. She goes up and down stairs, walks well and even plays the piano. She was diagnosed however with dementia a few years back, and slowly, we've been noticing major symptoms that are just … scary. I remember catching a glimpse of a print ad of a new medicine in the market, that specifically slows down the progression of symptoms. Would anyone know the name of this medicine, or have any other suggestions that could help her live a better life inspite of the dementia ?
Thanks for all your suggestions.
There is an Alzheimers drug called Exelon, it is made by the pharmaceutical company Novartis.
Try novartis.com for more information.
Hope this helps.
There are so many medicines, and all of them slow down the symptoms. Unfortunately they don't work on the cause.
My dad is on Aricept and Namenda and also on an experimental drug which has no name (he's part of a group study).
The Alzheimer's Association website lists all the drugs.
My dad was literally put on Aricept the day of his diagnosis. I wonder why they waited with your grandma?