Management of Alzheimer's disease

• Main Authors: Michael Rainer, Hermann A M. Mucke
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
• Series: Hamdan Medical Journal
• Subjects: alzheimer′s disease; behavioural; dementia; drug therapy ad; management of ad; mild cognitive impairment; non-pharmacological interventions; psychological symptoms of ad
• Online Access: http://www.hamdanjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2227-2437;year=2019;volume=12;issue=2;spage=37;epage=46;aulast=

Despite a huge amount of research investiment during the past three decades there is still no cure or disease-modifying therapy of any kind for Alzheimer's disease, and only very limited progress has been made since the millenium. This review provides a perspective on how Alzheimer's disease symptoms are currently treated with pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches, and what the evidence for each is. In the absence of new drugs, it is remarkable how well medical foods and behavioural interventions fare in comparison, although much research is still required. A true causal therapy of Alzheimer's disease will have to await the unvailing of its ultimate cause.