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Cholinesterase inhibitors for behavioral disturbance in dementia
1Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, MGH East (149-9124), 149 13th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA. daly@psych.mgh.harvard.edu
Current Psychiatry Reports
|May 17, 2001
Abstract:
The authors review the literature from the last year examining the benefits of cholinesterase inhibitors in the treatment of behavioral disturbance in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other dementias. Previous review has indicated that cholinesterase inhibitors have psychotropic properties. We found more evidence to support both the benefits of cholinesterase inhibitors in behavioral disturbance, and that specific behaviors may be selectively responsive to treatment.