Cure for Alzheimer’s Disease

Nishant Patnaik

doi:10.4236/wjns.2015.55030

Abstract

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is progressively being recognized amongst the most vital medical and social issues in older individuals in industrialized and non-industrialized countries. To date, just symptomatic medications exist for this disease, all attempting to offset the neurotransmitter disturbance. Recently, cholinesterase inhibitors (CIs) are now accessible and have been authorized for the treatment of mild to moderate AD. Further remedial alternative available for moderate to severe AD is memantine, an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor noncompetitive antagonist. Treatments equipped for halting or slightly adjusting the course of AD are known as “ailment changing” medications, and are still under extensive examination. To obstruct the movement of the ailment, they need to interfere with the pathogenic steps in charge of the clinical symptoms, including the disposition of extracellular amyloid β plaques and intracellular neurofibrillary tangle formation, irritation, oxidative damage, iron deregulation and cholesterol metabolism. This paper discusses the cure for Alzheimer’s disease, the current symptomatic treatments and the treatment of mild and moderate Alzheimer’s disease and the functions of its drugs.

Highlights

Alzheimer is progressively being identified as one of the most vital medical issues in older people with a widespread presence rising from 1% at the age of 60 to at least 38% at the age of 90 [1]
Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative illness characterized by cognition and memory impairment [2]
Drugs like Donepezil, Rivastigmine, and Galantamine slow down the process at which these cells are destroyed or damaged

Summary

Introduction

Alzheimer is progressively being identified as one of the most vital medical issues in older people with a widespread presence rising from 1% at the age of 60 to at least 38% at the age of 90 [1]. Around the spectrum of diseases, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the commonest subtype, accounting for almost 60% of all dementias. It is portrayed clinically by dynamic memory and orientation misfortune and other intellectual deficits, including impaired judgment and making of decision, apraxia and language/dialect disturbances. These are essentially accompanied by various neuropsychiatric indications (i.e. depression, apathy, disturbance, agitation, daydream, delusions, and mind flights). The cure for this treatment is discussed, the drugs that can be used to suppress or reduce the damages in the human system and the functions of these drugs are presented

Cure for Alzheimer’s Disease

The Treatment Drugs

Functions of the Drugs

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