Drug combined with care program better at reducing Alzheimer's symptoms than drug alone

(NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine) Combining a specific care management program with a commonly-prescribed drug for Alzheimer's, memantine, multiplies the medication's ability to improve daily function by about 7.5 times, stalling some of the disease's most damaging effects, according to new research from NYU Langone Medical Center. With no significant new drug for Alzheimer's having been approved since 2003, the study authors say the time has come for the field to pay more attention to methods that can improve the impact of existing drugs.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news