Alzheimers treatment

Alzheimer treatment

Since there are so few treatments for Alzheimer's disease, many of the available therapies attempt to improve the quality of patients' lives, keep them safe, and make caring for them easier. The primary care doctor will closely watch the progress of the person with Alzheimer's to check for medical complications, adjust medications to reach the lowest effective dosage, and assess any changes in drugs used. The doctor may do mental status tests routinely to chart the course of the illness. Support for the main caregiver is also important, and the doctor will help determine at what point the person with Alzheimer's may need professional nursing care outside the home.



Experts are upbeat that new treatments will, in the not-too-distant future, turn the illness into a manageable chronic condition, similar to diabetes or asthma. But progress comes slowly, and to date, there have been no breakthroughs.

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