The Diagnosis & Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
The Diagnosis & Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
Doctors prescribe a number of drugs to relieve specific Alzheimer’s symptoms:
In this article
- How Do I Know I Have Alzheimer’s Disease?
- What’s the Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease?
- Other Treatments
Other Treatments
Doctors prescribe a number of drugs to relieve specific Alzheimer’s symptoms:
- To ease paranoia, confusion, hallucinations (seeing, hearing, or feeling things that aren’t there), and aggressive behavior, doctors may recommend antipsychotic drugs, such as haloperidol (Haldol), olanzapine (Zyprexa), and risperidone (Risperdal).
- Drugs such as fluoxetine (Prozac), paroxetine (Paxil), sertraline (Zoloft), and venlafaxine (Effexor), can help with depression.
- Sleep medications can fight insomnia.
- Anti-anxiety drugs, such as alprazolam (Xanax), buspirone (BuSpar), lorazepam (Ativan), and oxazepam (Serax) treat agitation.
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