Semantic Scholar extracted view of "Alzheimer's disease: antidementive drugs" by M. Hofmann et al. Skip to search form Skip to main content Skip to account menu. Semantic Scholar's Logo. Search 204,914,922 papers from all fields of science. Search. Sign In Create Free Account. DOI: 10.1016/B0-08-043076-7/03738-4; Corpus ID: 141342502; Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses App + Web from F.A. Davis and Unbound Medicine covers 5000+ trade name and generic drugs. Includes App for iPhone, iPad, and Android smartphone + tablet. Handbook covers dosage, side effects, interactions, uses. Davis Drug Guide PDF. Explore these free sample topics: 9 Antipsychotic drugs and other approaches in dementia care If the drug is prescribed, the doctor will then monitor how effective the treatment is over a limited period of weeks or months. The person's changes in mood and behaviour should be regularly assessed alongside any side effects. The doctor will often begin by prescribing a Key words: Alzheimer's disease, tau, tauopathy, therapeutics, biomarkers. Introduction N o new drugs have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) since 2003 (1) despite the fact that an estimated 5.7 million Americans and 50 million people worldwide have AD The discovery that galantamine penetrates the blood−brain barrier has led to its clinical use in the treatment of choline-deficiency conditions in the brain, such as Alzheimer's disease. This experiment involves the isolation and structure elucidation of galantamine from Leucojum aestivum. Isolation of the alkaloid constituents in L. aestivum is performed using an acidic solvent extraction