how do Alzheimer’s and dementia drugs help? What do they do in a patient’s “head”?
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It’s debatable if they really do work. I recall that it’s either hit or miss : SOme people see clear improvement of the symptoms (but the progression is still the same) and some absolutely no effect at all.
The drugs for treating alzheimer’s symptoms are increasing acetylcholin, which is a neurotransmitter, a molecule that allows communication between neurons, it was shown that it was kind of lacking in Alzheimer’s disease patient and depending on the brain area, acetylcholine is involved in memory and attention.
So increasing acetylcholine could help potentially.
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