Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease, 2023 Background and Aim: Donepezil is a front-line treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. Donepezil treatment is associated with decreased risk of all-cause mortality. Specific protection is observed in pneumonia and cardiovascular disease.
Elizabeth A. Edmiston +4 more
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The effects of donepezil in Alzheimer's disease - Results from a multinational trial [PDF]
, 1999 Donepezil has been shown to be well tolerated and to improve cognition and global function in patients with mild to moderately severe Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Burns, A. +7 more
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Beyond Cholinesterase Inhibition. Anti-Inflammatory Role and Pharmacological Profile of Current Drug Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease [PDF]
, 2016 Inflammation is a common response of an individual against either exogenous or endogenous damage. The role of inflammation and of inflammatory cells recently emerged also in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders. Experimental evidences show how
GIUBILEI, Franco
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Adherence and Tolerability of Alzheimer's Disease Medications: A Pragmatic Randomized Trial [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Post-marketing comparative trials describe medication use patterns in diverse, real-world populations. Our objective was to determine if differences in rates of adherence and tolerability exist among new users to ...
Boustani, Malaz A. +8 more
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Trials, 2017 Background Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease. Although some of the current treatments offer some symptomatic relief, this disease cannot be cured at present.
Weina Peng +5 more
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Adverse Effects of Cholinesterase Inhibitors in Dementia, According to the Pharmacovigilance Databases of the United-States and Canada. [PDF]
, 2015 This survey analyzes two national pharmacovigilance databases in order to determine the major adverse reactions observed with the use of cholinesterase inhibitors in dementia.
Abagyan, Ruben +4 more
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Donepezil Inhibits Acetylcholinesterase via Multiple Binding Modes at Room Temperature
Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 2020 Donepezil is a second generation acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitor for treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). AChE is important for neurotransmission at neuromuscular junctions and cholinergic brain synapses by hydrolyzing acetylcholine into acetate ...
MonicaA. Silva +2 more
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N-methyl-N-((1-methyl-5-(3-(1-(2-methylbenzyl)piperidin-4-yl)propoxy)-1H-indol-2-yl)methyl)prop-2-yn-1-amine, a new cholinesterase and monoamine oxidase dual inhibitor [PDF]
, 2014 On the basis of N-((5-(3-(1-benzylpiperidin-4-yl)propoxy)-1-methyl-1H-indol-2-yl)methyl)-N-methylprop-2-yn-1-amine (II, ASS234) and QSAR predictions, in this work we have designed, synthesized, and evaluated a number of new indole derivatives from which ...
Agbaba, D. +13 more
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Donepezil improves vascular function in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease
Pharmacology Research & Perspectives, 2021 Cardiovascular complications in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients can occur years to decades prior to the onset of clinical symptoms of the disease. Donepezil represents the most effective drug in the treatment of AD.
Carolina Pellegrini +10 more
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Effect of Water Extract of Mangosteen Pericarp on Donepezil Pharmacokinetics in Mice
Molecules, 2021 The pharmacokinetic (PK) change in a drug by co-administered herbal products can alter the efficacy and toxicity. In the circumstances that herb–drug combinations have been increasingly attempted to alleviate Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the PK evaluation ...
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