Efficacy and safety of cholinesterase inhibitors in Alzheimer's disease: a meta-analysis

KL Lanctôt, N Herrmann, KK Yau, LR Khan, BA Liu… - Cmaj, 2003 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs) are the only drugs marketed for the treatment
of Alzheimer's disease. Despite numerous randomized controlled trials, the efficacy and …

An update on the utility and safety of cholinesterase inhibitors for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

A Haake, K Nguyen, L Friedman… - Expert opinion on …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of major neurocognitive
disorders with a prevalence in the US of about 5.7 million in 2018. With the disease burden …

Use of cholinesterase inhibitors in clinical practice: evidence-based recommendations

JL Cummings - Focus, 2004 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Cholinesterase inhibitors (ChE-Is) are the standard of therapy for treatment of patients with
Alzheimer disease (AD) and are the only class of drugs approved by the Food and Drug …

Long-term efficacy and toxicity of cholinesterase inhibitors in the treatment of Alzheimer disease

DB Hogan - The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Though the symptoms of Alzheimer disease go on for years, the phase 3 trials of the
cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs), the current mainstay of symptomatic pharmacotherapy for …

Cholinesterase inhibitors for Alzheimer's disease

J Grutzendler, JC Morris - Drugs, 2001 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common age-related neurodegenerative disease and
has become an urgent public health problem in most areas of the world. Substantial …

Cholinesterase inhibitors used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease: the relationship between pharmacological effects and clinical efficacy

DG Wilkinson, PT Francis, E Schwam, J Payne-Parrish - Drugs & aging, 2004 - Springer
The deficiency in cholinergic neurotransmission in Alzheimer's disease has led to the
development of cholinesterase inhibitors as the first-line treatment for symptoms of this …

Cholinesterase inhibitors for patients with Alzheimer's disease: systematic review of randomised clinical trials

H Kaduszkiewicz, T Zimmermann, HP Beck-Bornholdt… - Bmj, 2005 - bmj.com
Abstract Objectives Pharmacological treatment of Alzheimer's disease focuses on correcting
the cholinergic deficiency in the central nervous system with cholinesterase inhibitors. Three …

Discontinuation, efficacy, and safety of cholinesterase inhibitors for Alzheimer's disease: a meta-analysis and meta-regression of 43 randomized clinical trials enrolling …

L Blanco-Silvente, X Castells, M Saez… - International Journal …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background: We investigated the effect of cholinesterase inhibitors on all-cause
discontinuation, efficacy and safety, and the effects of study design-, intervention-, and …

A critical review of cholinesterase inhibitors as a treatment modality in Alzheimer's disease

L S. Schneider - Dialogues in clinical neuroscience, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
Early research into Alzheimer's disease launched the cholinergic hypothesis, based on the
correlation between central cholinergic deficiency and clinical measures of cognitive …

Cholinesterase inhibitors for Alzheimer's disease

JS Birks… - Cochrane database …, 1996 - cochranelibrary.com
Background** This review is awaiting update with a new protocol. The methods used for the
review were acceptable when the review was published but do not meet contemporary …