5 March 2008

Donepezil (Aricept) comes up short in vascular dementia trials

Executive cognitive function in CADASIL patients may be improved by taking donepezil
Medical News Today: 26 February 2008
According to an article published in the April edition of The Lancet Neurology, donepezil may improve the executive function of patients who suffer from the CADASIL form of vascular dementia. However, researcher Martin Dichgans of Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany and colleagues found that donepezil did not improve patients' cognitive score…. > full story : teaching brief

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