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View Post: Some New Medical Points In Neurology
14 Nov 2009 by neurologist  
Background: Therapeutic endpoints based on reduced clinical worsening represent clinically relevant and realistic goals for patients suffering from progressive neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). ...
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View Post: Depression and Elevated Homocysteine Levels: Harmful Amino Acid ...
18 Nov 2009
In the 2000s, studies also suggested that high levels of homocysteine were associated with poorer mental functioning, leading to ongoing investigations into the role of homocysteine in Alzheimer's disease. ... anti-epileptic drugs such as phenobarbital, phenytoin (Dilantin), primidone (Mysoline) and carbamazepine (Tegretol); levadopa (Sinemet) for treatment of Parkinson's disease; methotrexate (Rheumatrex, Trexall) for treatment of cancer, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, ...
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View Post: Management of agitation and aggression associated with Alzheimer's ...
18 Oct 2009 by sjennings29  
Management of agitation and aggression associated with Alzheimer's disease: controversies and possible solutions, Current Opinion in Psychiatry,November 2009 – Volume 22 – Issue 6 – p 532-540. Ballard, Clive; Corbett, Anne; Chitramohan, ...
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View Post: One-a-day epilepsy pill eslicarbazepine acetate (Zebinix) launched ...
11 Nov 2009 by pillscribe  
Eslicarbazepine acetate (Zebinix) is developed from carbamazepine, the current 'gold standard' treatment against seizures from epilepsy. Carbamazepine was launched in 1965. Eslicarbazepine acetate is a voltage gated sodium channel blocker that has a higher ... Eisai concentrates its R&D activities in three key areas: Integrative Neuroscience: Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, neuropathic pain, epilepsy, depression, etc; Integrative Oncology: Anticancer therapies; ...
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View Post: Avanir Pharm - This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains...
24 Nov 2009
PBA occurs secondary to progressive neurologic diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (“ALS”), dementias including Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson's disease, as well as neurologic injuries such as stroke or traumatic brain injury. ..... Cymbalta ®;. •, Lyrica ®. •, Narcotic products; and. •, Off-label uses of non-narcotic products, such as the anticonvulsants phenytoin, carbamazepine and topamax, and the antidepressant amitriptyline. ...
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View Post: Zebinix a Novel Once Daily Anti-Epileptic Launched Today in the UK
8 Nov 2009 by Prne  
Developed from the current 'gold standard' treatment carbamazepine (launched in 1965), Zebinix (eslicarbazepine acetate) offers patients improved seizure control with a favourable safety profile. .... Eisai concentrates its R&D activities in three key areas - Integrative Neuroscience: Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, neuropathic pain, epilepsy, depression, etc - Integrative Oncology: Anticancer therapies; tumour regression, tumour suppression, antibodies, ...
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View Post: brain teasers
14 Nov 2008 by pharmafeed  
common neurological disorders include epilepsy, alzheimer's disease and other dementias, parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, insomnia, cerebrovascular diseases including stroke, migraine and other headache disorders, ...
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View Post: 3 popular drugs used to treat bipolar disease
13 Jun 2008 by juvie98378  
and as with the drug diabetes and alzheimer carbamazepine while effective for treating bipolar mania, has also been less effective at treating bipolar depression. conclusion. of the top three drugs used to fight bipolar disease, ...
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View Post: CEREFOLIN NAC (L-methylfolate, Methylcobalamin, N-acetylcysteine ...
29 Oct 2009
May antagonize first generation anticonvulsants (eg, carbamazepine, fosphenytoin, phenytoin, phenobarbital, primidone, valproic acid, valproate), or pyrimethamine; caution with second generation anticonvulsants. ... November 25, 2009. Eisai and Pfizer announced that the FDA has accepted for review the New Drug Application (NDA) for once-daily 23 mg Aricept (donepezil HCl extended release tablets) for the treatment of moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease (AD). ...
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View Post: aricept (donepezil)
4 Dec 2008
donepezil is used to treat mild to moderate dementia caused by alzheimer's disease. this medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions. what should i tell my health care ...
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