Dr. Paul Aisen answers the question: 'Using Aricept for Alzheimer's Disease?' May 4, 2009 -- Question: What is Aricept (donepezil), how does it work and when is it used? Answer: Aricept is the ...

In a 24-week double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial, the Donepezil 307 Study Group randomized 603 patients with probable or possible vascular dementia according to NINDS-AIREN ...

Donepezil also was found to change the expression of genes in the treated group. These included genes involved in mitochondrial regulation and function, fatty acid metabolism and muscle protein ...

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 ...

Results The response ratio (MMSE 3+) of donepezil was 37.5% in N2. The combination of donepezil with the psychosocial intervention improved the Vitality Index total score, and Communication ...

Pierre Tariot of the University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, with other clinicians of the Memantine Study Group, presented the first report to date of a prospective, double-blind, ...