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  1. Safety and changes in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid amyloid beta after a single administration of an amyloid beta monoclonal antibody in subjects with Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Clinical neuropharmacology 2010-03-01 Treatments

    A single dose of solanezumab was generally well tolerated, although infusion reactions similar to those seen with administration of other proteins may occur with higher doses.

  2. Cerebrospinal anandamide levels are elevated in acute schizophrenia and are inversely correlated with psychotic symptoms

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2004-11-01 Clinical safety

    The endocannabinoids are a family of bioactive lipids that activate CB1 cannabinoid receptors in the brain and exert intense emotional and cognitive effects.

  3. Tacrine and rate of progression in Alzheimer's disease--relation to ApoE allele genotype

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) 2001 Genetics

    Today, cognitive impairment can be successfully treated with acetylcholine esterase inhibitors (AChE-I) in many, but not all, patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  4. The spectrum of behavioral responses to cholinesterase inhibitor therapy in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Archives of neurology 1999-11-01 Treatments

    Donepezil has psychotropic properties, and pretreatment behaviors help predict patients' responses to treatment.

  5. The Clinical Efficacy of Citalopram in Treatment of Emotional Disturbances in Dementia Disorders a Nordic Multicentre Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. The British Journal of Psychiatry 1990-12-01 Clinical trials

    In this multicenter study, the clinical efficacy of citalopram was investigated in 98 patients with moderate AD/SDAT or VD using a combined double-blind and open technique with placebo and citalopram.

  6. Physostigmine and Arecoline: Effects of Intravenous Infusions in Alzheimer Presenile Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. The British Journal of Psychiatry 1981-01-01 Clinical trials

    Physostigmine (0.25 mg-1 mg), arecoline (2 and 4 mg) and saline were administered intravenously over 30 minutes in a randomized double blind design to 11 patients with a clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer presenile dementia.

  7. Case Report: SIADH-Induced Hyponatremia Following Sertraline and Quetiapine Use in an Elderly Patient with Dementia: A Case Report

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. F1000Res 2026-06-18 Risk factors

    This case underscores the importance of routine sodium monitoring in elderly patients with dementia initiated on serotonergic or antipsychotic therapy.

  8. Advances of therapeutic strategies for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of neurology 2025-10-17 Treatments

    The past several decades have yielded deeper insights into the multifactorial pathogenesis and intervention strategies of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  9. Anti-amyloid monoclonal antibody therapies in Alzheimer's disease - a scoping review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Neuroscience 2025-10-10 Treatments

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder affecting millions worldwide, and with advancements in the medical field, Anti-amyloid monoclonal antibodies (AA mAbs) targeting amyloid-β have emerged as potential disease-modifying agents altering AD pathology.

  10. Review of anti-amyloid-beta (Aβ) monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Expert review of clinical pharmacology 2025-09-22 Treatments

    However, these therapies are associated with amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA), particularly in individuals carrying the APOE ε4 allele, necessitating close monitoring and individualized risk assessment.

  11. Anti-amyloid treatments in Alzheimer's disease: elegance, evidence and ethics

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Advances in clinical and experimental medicine : official organ Wroclaw Medical University 2024-12-01 Treatments

    The so-called "amyloid cascade hypothesis" provides an elegant explanation of Alzheimer's disease (AD), has motivated the amyloid-lowering therapeutic strategy, and led to the elaboration of a rich experimental and conceptual toolkit for the field to progress.

  12. Profiling aducanumab as a treatment option for Alzheimer's disease: an overview of efficacy, safety and tolerability

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Expert review of neurotherapeutics 2024-09-18 Treatments

    Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia worldwide.

  13. More failure with solanezumab - this time in preclinical Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Expert opinion on biological therapy 2024-03-03 Treatments

    In the A4 study, solanezumab did not reduce the decline in cognition or function and had no effect on brain amyloid burden.

  14. Alzheimer's disease current therapies, novel drug delivery systems and future directions for better disease management

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society 2024-02-01 Costs and economics

    Alzheimer's disease (AD), is a neurodegenerative disorder that escalates with time, exerting a significant impact on physical and mental health and leading to death.

  15. Cholinesterase inhibitors-associated torsade de pointes/QT prolongation: a real-world pharmacovigilance study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Frontiers in pharmacology 2024-01-11 Treatments

    557 cases of TdP/QT prolongation related to 3 ChEIs were searched by SMQ.

  16. Imaging spectrum of amyloid-related imaging abnormalities associated with aducanumab immunotherapy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Frontiers in radiology 2024-01-05 Treatments

    Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a leading cause of morbidity.

  17. Recalibrating the Risk-Benefit Profiles of Lecanemab and Donanemab: Scales, Immunoreactivity, and Changes in Amyloid-β42

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2024-01-01 Treatments

    Three recent anti-amyloid-β antibody trials for Alzheimer's disease reported similar effect sizes, used non-reactive saline as placebo, and showed large numbers of adverse events including imaging anomalies (ARIA) that correlate with cognitive changes.

  18. The Latest Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Cureus 2023-12-14 Treatments

    Dementia is a debilitating neurological condition that is characterized by persistent cognitive decline.

  19. Consumption of drugs for Alzheimer's disease on the Brazilian private market

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Revista de saude publica 2023-11-10 Treatments

    Drug consumption went from 5,000 defined daily doses/1,000 inhabitants, in 2014, to more than 16,000/1,000 inhabitants, in 2020, and all federative units showed positive variation.

  20. Cost-Effectiveness of a Hypothetical Gene Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease: A Markov Simulation Analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Innovations in pharmacy 2023-11-09 Costs and economics

    Under the initial assumption that the hypothetical gene therapy grants a 30% risk reduction in disease progression and entry into institutional care, the maximum cost-effective price for gene therapy is $141,126 per treatment using the threshold of $150,000 per quality-adjusted life year (QALY).

  21. Guidelines for pharmacotherapy in Alzheimer's disease - A primer on FDA-approved drugs

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of neurosciences in rural practice 2023-10-07 Treatments

    Both act by binding with fibrillary conformations of Aβ plaques in the brain.

  22. Monoclonal Antibody Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease: Aducanumab and Lecanemab

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Discoveries (Craiova, Romania) 2023-09-25 Treatments

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) has witnessed a gradual rise in its prevalence in recent decades, particularly impacting a substantial segment of individuals aged 85 and above.

  23. Anti-Amyloid Therapies for Alzheimer's Disease and the Amyloid Cascade Hypothesis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2023-09-24 Treatments

    Over the past 30 years, the majority of (pre)clinical efforts to find an effective therapy for Alzheimer's disease (AD) focused on clearing the β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) from the brain since, according to the amyloid cascade hypothesis, the peptide was (and it is still considered by many) the pathogenic determinant of this neurodegenerative disorder.

  24. Galantamine-memantine hybrids for Alzheimer's disease: The influence of linker rigidity in biological activity and pharmacokinetic properties

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. European journal of medicinal chemistry 2023-09-12 Treatments

    Neurodegenerative processes characterizing Alzheimer's disease (AD) are strictly related to the impairment of cholinergic and glutamatergic neurotransmitter systems which provoke synaptic loss.

  25. Carbamate as a potential anti-Alzheimer's pharmacophore: A review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Drug development research 2023-09-11 Treatments

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive age-related neurodegenerative brain disorder, which leads to loss of memory and other cognitive dysfunction.

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