I would like to find out whether Aricept has long term control over Alzheimer's or whether, as we now suspect, its effects may be relatively short term.
My father has Alzheimer's and was diagnosed about three years ago. He only started taking Aricept one year ago and there was a definite improvement in the situation or at least a very noticable slow down. However, after almost exactly one year his condition is much worse and he seems to be having a lot of very noticable accellerated problems.
It is very hard to work out whether this is indeed a natural course of his Alzheimers or whether Aricept provides only temporary relief.
My question: Where can I find some facts on active research on Aricept and the long or short term effectiveness. I have been to the Aricept website but do not feel comfortable with the information provided by a drug manufacture. It is independant facts and research that we are looking for.
Many thanks
Charlie........
My father has Alzheimer's and was diagnosed about three years ago. He only started taking Aricept one year ago and there was a definite improvement in the situation or at least a very noticable slow down. However, after almost exactly one year his condition is much worse and he seems to be having a lot of very noticable accellerated problems.
It is very hard to work out whether this is indeed a natural course of his Alzheimers or whether Aricept provides only temporary relief.
My question: Where can I find some facts on active research on Aricept and the long or short term effectiveness. I have been to the Aricept website but do not feel comfortable with the information provided by a drug manufacture. It is independant facts and research that we are looking for.
Many thanks
Charlie........