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  1. In patients treated up to 36 months, amyloid plaque levels continued to decrease in a dose- and time-dependent manner, with levels in the 10 mg/kg fixed-dose group reaching and remaining below a quantitative cut-point discriminating a positive/negative scan. 1 Reduced amyloid plaque levels were also observed in patients switched from placebo to aducanumab during the LTE.

  2. Regular Benzodiazepine and Z-Substance Use and Risk of Dementia: An Analysis of German Claims Data

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2016-09-01 Digital health tools

    The restricted use of BDZRs may contribute to dementia prevention in the elderly.

  3. Does lithium protect against dementia?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Bipolar disorders 2010-02-01 Drug development

    Continued treatment with lithium was associated with a reduced rate of dementia in patients with bipolar disorder in contrast to continued treatment with anticonvulsants, antidepressants, or antipsychotics.

  4. Lithium and risk for Alzheimer's disease in elderly patients with bipolar disorder

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science 2007-04-01 Drug development

    Bipolar disorder is associated with increased risk for dementia.

  5. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and sleep architecture in patients with Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Drugs & aging 2006 Treatments

    AChEI therapy had a significant effect on the percentage of stage 1 (p = 0.01) and stage 2 (p = 0.03) sleep.

  6. Efficacy and tolerability of carbamazepine for agitation and aggression in dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. The American journal of psychiatry 1998-01-01 Health systems and care delivery

    This controlled study showed significant short-term efficacy of carbamazepine for agitation with generally good safety and tolerability.

  7. Clinical trial of indomethacin in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Neurology 1993-08-01 Clinical trials

    In a 6-month, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, 100 to 150 mg/d indomethacin appeared to protect mild to moderately impaired Alzheimer's disease patients from the degree of cognitive decline exhibited by a well-matched, placebo-treated group.

  8. Review of Donanemab and Lecanemab in Mild Dementia Stage of Alzheimer's Disease: Progress and Challenges

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. The Senior care pharmacist 2026-04-01 Treatments

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder marked by cognitive decline and functional impairment, primarily driven by the accumulation of amyloid-beta (Aβ) plaques and tau tangles.

  9. Mirtazapine for gastrointestinal side effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist therapy in older adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Endocrine regulations 2025-12-12 Drug development

    This case suggests that mirtazapine may be beneficial in mitigating GLP-1 RA-induced gastrointestinal side effects, thereby improving adherence and therapeutic efficacy.

  10. Hearing All About Donepezil: Its Role in the Field of Auditory Processing

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Cureus 2025-09-24 Risk factors

    Donepezil is a central-acting acetylcholinesterase inhibitor aimed at increasing acetylcholine availability at the neuron synapses to enhance cholinergic transmission.

  11. Passive anti-amyloid β immunotherapy in Alzheimer's disease-opportunities and challenges

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Lancet (London, England) 2024-11-14 Treatments

    With the advent of the first disease-modifying, anti-amyloid β-directed passive immunotherapy for Alzheimer's disease, questions arise who, when, and how to treat.

  12. Benefits and risks of FDA-approved amyloid-targeting antibodies for treatment of early Alzheimer's disease: Navigating clinician-patient engagement

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-09-22 Treatments

    The emergence of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved amyloid-targeting therapies for Alzheimer's disease challenges clinicians and healthcare providers with a transformative landscape.

  13. Quantitative systems pharmacology-based exploration of relevant anti-amyloid therapy challenges in clinical practice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) 2024-04-01 Treatments

    This QSP platform could support clinical practice challenges to optimize real-world treatment paradigms for new and existing amyloid drugs.

  14. Passive Alzheimer's immunotherapy: A promising or uncertain option?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Ageing research reviews 2023-07-05 Treatments

    The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s recent accelerated approval of two anti-amyloid antibodies for treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD), aducanumab and lecanemab, has caused substantial debate.

  15. Estimated Annual Spending on Aducanumab in the US Medicare Program

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. JAMA health forum 2022-01-14 Costs and economics

    This cross-sectional study examines upper bound and lower bound annualized Medicare costs for administering aducanumab to beneficiaries with the approved indications of mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia.

  16. Gantenerumab reduces amyloid-β plaques in patients with prodromal to moderate Alzheimer's disease: a PET substudy interim analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Alzheimer's research & therapy 2019-12-12 Treatments

    PET amyloid levels were consistent with sparse-to-no neuritic amyloid-β plaques in 51% of patients after 2 years of therapy.

  17. The role of statins in both cognitive impairment and protection against dementia: a tale of two mechanisms

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Translational neurodegeneration 2018-02-27 Drug development

    Nearly 30% of adults 40 years and older in the United States are on a statin.

  18. AVP-786 for the treatment of agitation in dementia of the Alzheimer's type

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Expert opinion on investigational drugs 2016-12-11 Clinical trials

    Agitation is common and distressing in patients with Alzheimer-type dementia, but safe, effective treatments remain elusive.

  19. N/A. ENGAGE and EMERGE are Phase 3 clinical trials designed to confirm the clinical efficacy and safety profile of aducanumab in individuals with Early AD.

  20. Donepezil for dementia with Lewy bodies: a randomized, placebo-controlled, confirmatory phase III trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Alzheimer's Research & Therapy 2015-02-03 Treatments

    The predefined superiority of donepezil to the placebo was not confirmed in either active group in the primary analysis.

  21. Potentially inappropriate medications defined by STOPP criteria and the risk of adverse drug events in older hospitalized patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Archives of internal medicine 2011-06-01 Clinical safety

    STOPP criteria PIMs, unlike Beers criteria PIMs, are significantly associated with avoidable ADEs in older people that cause or contribute to urgent hospitalization.

  22. Clinical Symptom Responses to Atypical Antipsychotic Medications in Alzheimer’s Disease: Phase 1 Outcomes From the CATIE-AD Effectiveness Trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. American Journal of Psychiatry 2008-06-02 Clinical safety

    In relation to placebo, the last observation in phase 1 showed greater improvement with olanzapine or risperidone on the Neuropsychiatric Inventory total score, risperidone on the Clinical Global Impression of Changes, olanzapine and risperidone on the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) hostile suspiciousness factor, and risperidone on the BPRS psychosis factor.

  23. Benzodiazepine use and hip fractures in the elderly: who is at greatest risk?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Archives of internal medicine 2004-07-01 Digital health tools

    The incidence of hip fracture appears to be associated with benzodiazepine use.

  24. Increased risk of type 2 diabetes in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Diabetes 2004-02-01 Risk factors

    To address this, we first examined the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in a community-based controlled study, the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer Disease Patient Registry (ADPR), which follows patients with Alzheimer disease versus control subjects without Alzheimer disease.

  25. Use of anticholinergic medications by older adults with dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2002-05-01 Digital health tools

    Community-based, commercially insured, older adults with probable dementia are more likely to take anticholinergics than matched controls.

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