2004
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1077
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Review of donepezil, rivastigmine, galantamine and memantine for the treatment of dementia in Alzheimer's disease in adults with Down syndrome: implications for the intellectual disability population

Abstract: The management of dementia in Alzheimer's disease has dramatically changed since the development of anti-dementia drugs. However, there is limited information available regarding the bio-medical aspects of the differing drugs; particularly relating to adults with intellectual disability. Indeed the information available for the intellectual disabled population is limited to adults with Down syndrome. This review highlights the important pharmacological and clinical aspects of donepezil, rivastigmine, galantami… Show more

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“…After that period, the dose was titrated, based on tolerability, to 3 mg/day (1.5 mg bid) for 6 weeks. At week 8, the dose was increased further to a maximum of 4.5 mg/day (divided bid as 1.5 mg and 3.0 mg; approximately ½ of the adult dose) (Prasher 2004). This dosing regimen was adopted on the basis of our experience (unpublished) with 2 12-year-old individuals with DS who had multiple adverse events (including emotional lability, agitation, stomachache/ nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, trouble sleeping, decreased appetite, and weight loss) on a faster titration rate and a higher dose (doubling the starting dose of 1.5 mg/ day every 2 weeks to a maximum of 6.0 mg/day).…”
Section: Medication Dosage and Monitoringmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…After that period, the dose was titrated, based on tolerability, to 3 mg/day (1.5 mg bid) for 6 weeks. At week 8, the dose was increased further to a maximum of 4.5 mg/day (divided bid as 1.5 mg and 3.0 mg; approximately ½ of the adult dose) (Prasher 2004). This dosing regimen was adopted on the basis of our experience (unpublished) with 2 12-year-old individuals with DS who had multiple adverse events (including emotional lability, agitation, stomachache/ nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, trouble sleeping, decreased appetite, and weight loss) on a faster titration rate and a higher dose (doubling the starting dose of 1.5 mg/ day every 2 weeks to a maximum of 6.0 mg/day).…”
Section: Medication Dosage and Monitoringmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This relationship could be of great importance when evaluating the cholinergic loss in adults with DS and in adults with Alzheimer's disease (Parajuá-Pozo & CasisArguea, 2000;Prasher, 2004).…”
Section: Acetylcholinementioning
confidence: 99%
“…La memantina es otro medicamento que se está usando junto con los anticolinesterasa. (Prasher, 2004; Boada-Rovira, Hernández-Ruiz, Badenas-Homiar, Buendía-Torras, & Tárraga-Mestre, 2005). Pareciera que son beneficiosos pero aún no se sabe claramente pues los estudios para probar la efectividad y la seguridad de estos medicamentos en adultos mayores con trisomía 21 son todavía pocos y las poblaciones de estudio han sido muy pequeñas.…”
Section: Envejecimiento Y Trisomía 21unclassified