Alzheimers Treatment

Alzheimers Treatment drugs are available for Alzheimers sufferers, drugs like tacrine (pronounced tak-reen, trade name Cognex) and donepezil (pronounced do-nep-uh-zil) hydrochloride (trade name Aricept). These drugs increase the ability of brain cells to communicate, they provide help in improving a patient’s ability to perform daily activities and think normally.

Alternative Alzheimers Treatment

Ginkgo extract has been suggested as a possible treatment for patients. Some people think the herb may help relieve the symptoms of dementia. A natural product called acetylcarnitine (pronounced uh-setl-KAR-nuh-teen) has also been proposed as a method for improving the function of brain cells. At present, there is little scientific evidence for the effectiveness of either product. Other nutritional supplements, such as vitamin B₁₂, and folic acid have been recommended for the maintenance of good mental health.

A jigsaw puzzle has even been used helped trigger memories for some Alzheimers sufferers. The jigsaw has large pieces and jigsaw picture is specific to a memory that would trigger memories from the patients past, images like an aircraft or a train, or dog or even a family at the beach. Putting the pieces together slowly seems to trigger memories as the picture comes together, memories that were once forgotten.

Research into all forms of Alzheimers Treatment is ongoing and the Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute have developed a clinical test that would allow physicians to detect Alzheimer's disease in its earliest stages, testing could be ready to commence around the end of 2010.

There is still much to be learnt about this disease and any current Alzheimers Treatment is simply not a cure. WE can only help suffers have a better quality of life.