RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Drugs for alzheimer’s disease
JF Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
JO Drug Ther Bull
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 42
OP 44
DO 10.1136/dtb.28.11.42
VO 28
IS 11
YR 1990
UL http://dtb.bmj.com/content/28/11/42.abstract
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?