Aricept (donepezil) is a prescription drug approved to treat dementia related to Alzheimer’s disease. Aricept comes as a tablet that you swallow. It’s usually taken once per day. Aricept ...

The prescribed dosage for Aricept (donepezil) may depend on a person’s individual treatment plan. Factors such as the person’s medical history and condition may affect the dosage of Aricept.

Public Citizen asked the FDA to ban high-dose Aricept because of side effects. May 19, 2011— -- Public Citizen has petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to ban high doses of the ...

These drugs improve nerve cell communication and treat symptoms related to memory, thinking, language, judgment, and other cognitive processes. Continue reading The three approved agents -- donepezil ...

Patients whose CMAI score was 39 or more after the psychosocial treatment were enrolled in the drug-treatment phase of the study and randomly assigned to receive donepezil or placebo daily for 12 ...

Many dementia medications have at least two names: a name for the main substance in the medication, such as donepezil a brand name, such as Aricept. * Slow-release capsules release the medication into ...

Donepezil plus memantine combines a cholinesterase inhibitor with a different Alzheimer’s medication called an NMDA agonist. The NMDA agonist controls levels of a different brain chemical called ...

We had three objectives: first, to test whether, over a period of 52 weeks, continuation of donepezil, as compared with discontinuation of the drug, would be associated with better cognition and ...

The treatment is a patch formulation of the oral drug donepezil (Aricept), which has been available for many years and is one of the most commonly prescribed drugs for patients with Alzheimer's ...