• Ep 5: Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease (Part 2): Medicine and Rehabilitation Therapies

  • Aug 8 2022
  • Length: 12 mins
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Ep 5: Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease (Part 2): Medicine and Rehabilitation Therapies

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  • Medication for Alzheimer's disease has been around since the 1980s, and for some people, it can be an important part of managing symptoms. In this episode, we talk about the medications that are available now, and we learn about therapy to improve motor, speech and language skills. For a complete list of resources in this podcast series, please visit our website at HealthUnmuted.com/resources. What did you think of this episode? We’d love to hear from you. Please visit healthunmuted.com/feedback to let us know! Note: For links to our latest podcast entitled "Rethinking Alzheimer's Disease", visit our website here. Resources For information about medication Overview of medications for Alzheimer's disease FDA approval for Aducanumab About Aducanumab About Cholinesterase Inhibitors For information about therapies American Physical Therapy Association American Speech Language and Hearing Association Total Health Works Speech Therapy Works Managing eating and swallowing challenges For information about clinical trials: Alzheimer's.gov Alzheimer's Association References about Aducanumab NIH article Alzheimer's Association article Nature.com article Guest’s Books Dr Andrew Budson - Seven Steps to Managing Your Memory: What's Normal, What's Not and What to Do About It Dr Jason Karlawish - The Problem of Alzheimer’s: How Science, Culture, and Politics Turned a Rare Disease into a Crisis and What We Can Do About it Anthony Copeland Parker - Running All Over The World: Our Race Against Early-Onset Alzheimer's Paul Hornback - God Still Remembers Me: Devotions for Facing Alzheimer's Disease with Faith Paul Hornback - My Purple Brick Road: A Faithful Battle with Early-onset Alzheimer's Disease Dr Daniel Gibbs - A Tattoo on my Brain: A Neurologist's Personal Battle against Alzheimer's Disease Dr Phillip Sloane - ​​Alzheimer's Medical Advisor: A Caregiver's Guide to Common Medical and Behavioral Signs and Symptoms in Persons with Dementia Get all the links and the episode transcript by visiting the website here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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