Patient Adherence to Transdermal Rivastigmine After Switching From Oral Donepezil: A Retrospective Claims Database Study.

CONCLUSIONS:: Switching from donepezil to the rivastigmine patch seems to be associated with increased adherence, especially in patients who switched within the first year of initiating donepezil. PMID: 22892648 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/22892648?dopt=Abstract

Source: Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders - March 9, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord Source Type: research