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2. Drugs that reduce dementia risk — and others that increase it

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   Antibiotics, antivirals, anticoagulants (blood thinners) and anticonvulsants (medications used to prevent or treat seizures) were all linked to a reduced risk of dementia, according to the study.

3. Common drugs like ibuprofen could be associated with reduced ...

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   Scientists hope to investigate whether common drugs could be used to help fight dementia after ibuprofen and some prescription antibiotics, antivirals and vaccines were associated with a reduced ...

4. Two Alzheimer’s drugs help patients live independently at ...

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   Two widely touted Alzheimer’s drugs have been shown to enable patients to remain in their homes for longer periods of time. Those medications, however, are not without their risks and side ...

5. Medication Appropriateness Tool for Comorbid Health ...

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   The Medication Appropriateness Tool for Comorbid Health conditions during Dementia (MATCH-D) criteria supports clinicians to manage medication use specifically for people with dementia without focusing only on the management of the dementia itself.

6. Can antibiotics, vaccines, and antivirals help lower dementia ...

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   Common treatments like over-the-counter antiviral medication, and preventive therapies like vaccines may be linked to a lower risk of dementia. Design by MNT ; Photography by Guido Mieth/Getty ...

7. Alzheimer's disease - Wikipedia

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   The term senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (SDAT) was used for a time to describe the condition in those over 65, with classical Alzheimer's disease being used to describe those who were younger. Eventually, the term Alzheimer's disease was formally adopted in medical nomenclature to describe individuals of all ages with a characteristic ...

8. Rivastigmine - Wikipedia

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   Rivastigmine, sold under the brand name Exelon among others, is an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor used for the treatment of dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease and with Parkinson's disease. [ 4 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Rivastigmine can be administered orally or via a transdermal patch ; the latter form reduces the prevalence of side effects, [ 8 ...

9. A Common Drug Could Lower Your Dementia Risk By 35 ... - AOL

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   One study published in December 2022 found that semaglutide lowered the risk of dementia in patients with type 2 diabetes. Another study found that fellow GLP-1 medication liraglutide may protect ...