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| Year : 2019 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 37-46 |
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Management of Alzheimer's disease
Michael Rainer1, Hermann A M. Mucke2
1 Memory Clinic and Karl Landsteiner Institute for Amnestic and Alzheimer Research, Danube Hospital Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2 Pharma Consultancy Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Correspondence Address:
Michael Rainer
Memory Clinic and Karl Landsteiner Institute for Amnestic and Alzheimer Research, Danube Hospital Vienna, Vienna
Austria
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/HMJ.HMJ_10_19
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Despite a huge amount of research investiment during the past three decades there is still no cure or disease-modifying therapy of any kind for Alzheimer's disease, and only very limited progress has been made since the millenium. This review provides a perspective on how Alzheimer's disease symptoms are currently treated with pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches, and what the evidence for each is. In the absence of new drugs, it is remarkable how well medical foods and behavioural interventions fare in comparison, although much research is still required. A true causal therapy of Alzheimer's disease will have to await the unvailing of its ultimate cause.
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