Is there a cure for Alzheimer's disease?
Although there is no cure for Alzheimer's disease, we can readily treat this illness. We could slow down the progressive decline associated with it, and after the individual has had a detailed workup where their eyes, ears have been checked out; drug interaction have been ruled out along the lines of causing a problem in infections, and vitamin deficiencies and so on; If we now think that this is absolutely alzheimer's disease there are different classes of medications that are useful. There is the family of the Cholinesterase inhibitor which are a class of drugs which helps slow down or to a degree prevent the breakdown of a vital chemical in our brain called acetylcholine. These medications include drugs such as Exelon, Aricept, and Razadyne. the other class of drug that we currently have is NMBA receptor antagonist class. These are the drugs that help prevent disfunctionality within the glutameturgic system. What is that? Well it basically means that glutamate being the main excitatory chemical in our brain sometimes can go into a state of disregulation and a medication that we currently have called Namenda can help offset that. It preserves the phsyologic activity of glutamate and doesn't allow the excito-toxic or never frying effects to occur without it.
