May 4, 2009 -- Question: What is Aricept (donepezil), how does it work and when is it used? Answer: Aricept is the brand name for donepezil. Donepezil is one of the cholinesterase inhibitors and ...

NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) Apr 19 — Donepezil ( Aricept) isn't just for Alzheimer's anymore. Results of a randomized, placebo-controlled trial presented April 17 at the American Academy of ...

Morris, Ph.D., of the University of Kansas Alzheimer’s Disease Center. “Donepezil significantly reduces the rate of cognitive decline in early [Alzheimer’s disease], and our results suggest ...

In a Phase 4 trial, 14 months of donepezil treatment failed to slow cognitive decline in depressed patients with MCI. “This is a huge population,” said Murali Doraiswamy, Duke University School of ...

Background Cholinesterase inhibitors can delay the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Several clinical trials of the drug in moderate to severe AD have consistently reported clinically ...

Pierre Tariot of the University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, with other clinicians of the Memantine Study Group ... of memantine to the drug regimen of people with moderate or severe AD who ...