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TREATMENT OF THE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
At present an effective treatment does not exist for this illness and all the efforts go to apply a few general measurements that, on one hand, treat the symptoms of the patient by means of medicines that relieve the problems that are arising and, for other one, support the relatives that they coexist with these patients since the evolution of the illness in most cases is very long and lasts of supporting for the environment.
DO HOPES OF HEALING EXIST?
Unfortunately, the answer is not, at the moment. Nevertheless, with the progress of the medical attention, the middle age grows continuously in the western societies. The frequency of the senile dementia is considerable and it has big costs for the society in care of infirmary, medical, and of course, in human suffering. For this reason there is a considerable interest in the possibility of relieving the effects of the dementia. In fact, very positive results have been obtained at the time of applying skills of exercising of the memory in order to delay the symptoms.
CAN IT BE PREDICTED?
Persons' evidences exist with a major risk of suffering Alzheimer's disease as his features of personality and habits of life. These persons are characterized for routine lives have little interest in the culture, scarce reading habit, scarce love, absence of curiosity...
Also there exist early skills of detection as simple as the "free memory" that consists of reading a list of words later to evoke them aloud. Severe problems in the achievement of this test denote of very trustworthy form the appearance of the dementia.
MEDICINES
MEDICINES FOR THE TREATMENT OF THE AGITATION
Haloperidol 1 mg (0,5-3 mg/día)
Flufenacina 1 mg (1-5 mg/día)
Tioridazina 25 mg (10-75 mg/día)
Trazodona 100 mg (100-400 mg/día)
Carbamacepina 1000 mg (800-1200 mg/día)
Propanolol 120 mg (80-240 mg/día)
Clozapina 50 mg (12,5-100 mg/día)
Lithium 900 mg (300-1200 mg/día)
Lorazepam 1 mg (0,5-6 mg/día)
MEDICINES FOR THE TREATMENT OF THE DEPRESSION
Nortriptilina 50 mg (50-100 mg/día)
Desipramina 50 mg (50-150 mg/día)
Doxepina 50 mg (50-150 mg/día)
Trazodona 100 mg (100-400 mg/día)
Fluoxetina 40 mg (20-80 mg/día)
Sertralina 50 mg (50-200 mg/día)
Paroxetina 20 mg (10-50 mg/día)
MEDICINES USED IN THE TREATMENT OF THE ANXIETY
Oxacepam 30 mg (20-60 mg/día)
Lorazepam 1 mg (0,5-6 mg/día)
Propranolol 120 mg (80-240 mg/día)
MEDICINES USED IN THE TREATMENT OF THE INSOMNIA
Trazodona 10 mg (100-400 mg/día)
Temazepam 15 mg (15-30 mg/día)
Lorazepam 1 mg (0,2-4 mg/día)
Nortriptilina 25 mg (20-75 mg/día)
Tioridazina 25 mg (10-75 mg/día)
Chloral hydrate 100 mg (500-1000 mg/día)
TO SEE ALSO
WHAT DOCTOR CAN TREAT ME?
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