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There is currently no treatment to cure Alzheimer's disease or to stop the progression. Many researchers are putting hard effort into the advancement of Alzheimer's treatment, which includes meditation and other non-drug preventions. Even physicians are working on this problem, trying to develop better treatment plans for patients. Although there are no drug treatments, there is still some drugs that are still testing that had been proved to slow down damage processes like memory, language and judgment. There are currently two drugs that have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the use of treatment but it was not 100% safe.

Below are the two drugs approved by the U.S. food and Drug Administration


 * **Cholinesterase inhibitors** increase the levels of acetylcholine in the brain, which plays a main role in memory and learning. This kind of drug slows down the worsening of symptoms for 6 to 12 months, but the success rate was only 50%. There were varying side effects and possible interactions with other medications, so doctors may have to conduct many tests to find out the most effective medication for each individual.
 * **Namenda** (memantine) regulates glutamate in the brain, which plays another key role in processing information. This drug is used to treat moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease and has a slight chance to delay the worsening of symptoms in some people. Of course like cholinesterase inhibitor, the success rate wasn't really high and includes a whole lot of side effects.

http://alzheimers.about.com/od/treatmentofalzheimers/a/treatments.htm

In this video below, it talks about a "possible vaccine" for Alzheimer's disease, but it is still under research. media type="custom" key="3626631"

Quiz Question

1. Are there any treatments for Alzheimer's? If so what are they?