Treatments+of+Alzheimer's+disease

=**Treatments for Alzheimer’s disease**= ====When an individual is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, depending on what needs that may have their life situation, and what stage of the disease they are in, they may need special care by a team of people. This team could include doctors, psychologists, nurses, and social workers. This form of help may lead to an increase in quality of life, make the patient independent for as long as possible, and relieve mental health problems. The medications that are used to treat Alzheimer’s disease are cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine extracts from the leaves of the Ginkgo biloba tree. There are also non-drug treatments to help Alzheimer’s patients like memory and orientation training. It also helps patients when they do activities with groups of people, art therapy, aromatherapy, and animal-assisted or music therapy. Even massages and physical activities can help.====

====The purpose of cholinesterase inhibitors is to increase communication between nerve cells in the brain. There are three different cholinesterase inhibitors that are available in Germany, which are donepezil, galantamine, and rivastigmine. The role that these drugs play is that they help delay the loss of brain function. However, these three medications have not been proven to increase the patient’s quality of life, reduce depression and anxiety, delay the time when the patient needs to be placed in a nursing home, or reduce the death rate for Alzheimer’s disease.====

====Memantine containing drugs are aimed to prevent excess amount of the substance glutamate (a chemical messenger that carries nerve signals to help people remember information) from damaging the brain. Ginkgo is made from the herbal extracts from the leaves of the Ginkgo biloba tree. This herbal extract is believed to improve blood circulation and protect nerve cells.====

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