The treatment of rapidly deteriorating dementia is always very challenging. This case report describes a 78-year-old male patient with rapidly developing dementia treated successfully with orally disintegrating olanzapine, memantine, donepezil, omega-3 and vitamin-B complex. The prevailing fatalism and treatment nihilism regarding treatment of dementia should give way to more hope and optimism. Several important treatment dillemas in rapidly developing dementia are discussed.
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