Senior Health |
MULTI - INFARCT DEMENTIA11/27/2000 |
COULD ARICEPT HELP MY MOTHER WHO HAS MULTI INFARCT DEMENTIA? sHE WAS DIAGNOSED A YEAR AGO BUT HAS PROBABLY HAD THIS FOR ABOUT 4-5 YEARS.
Aricept is not known to have any beneficial effects on "pure vascular disease" such as mutifarct dementia. There is evidence to show benefits when the cause of dementia is Alzheimer`s Disease.
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Elizabeth Joyner Gothelf, BSN, MAG Assistant Director College of Medicine University of Cincinnati |