PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - ,
TI  - Drugs for alzheimer’s disease
AID  - 10.1136/dtb.28.11.42
DP  - 1990 May 29
TA  - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
PG  - 42--44
VI  - 28
IP  - 11
4099  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/28/11/42.short
4100  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/28/11/42.full
SO  - Drug Ther Bull1990 May 29; 28
AB  - In 1984 we concluded that the drugs then available to treat senile dementia were ineffective.1 Since then much research has been done on the pathological mechanisms of dementia, particularly in Alzheimer’s disease. Many possible drug treatments have been explored, and some of them have received enthusiastic media coverage. Are any of these drugs worth trying?