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Treatment of childhood dementia focuses on managing symptoms and improving quality of life. This can include: Medications: Anti-seizure medications, behaviour-modifying drugs, and muscle relaxants. [1] Therapies: Physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy are used to maintain physical function for as long as possible. [1]
The selection and use of essential medicines: report of the WHO Expert Committee, 2017 (including the 20th WHO Model List of Essential Medicines and the 6th Model List of Essential Medicines for Children). Geneva: World Health Organization. hdl: 10665/259481. ISBN 978-92-4-121015-7. ISSN 0512-3054. WHO technical report series; no. 1006.
Clindamycin is a lincosamide antibiotic medication used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections, including osteomyelitis (bone) or joint infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, strep throat, pneumonia, acute otitis media (middle ear infections), and endocarditis. [5]
More must be done to see whether existing drugs could help to tackle dementia, scientists have said after finding that a number of common treatments may affect a person’s risk.
After a lull of nearly 2 decades, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved some novel drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease since 2021.
Pre-dementia or early-stage dementia (stages 1, 2, and 3). In this initial phase, a person can still live independently and may not exhibit obvious memory loss or have any difficulty completing ...
These modifications do not change their broad antibacterial activity, but do affect pharmacological properties such as half-life and binding to proteins in serum. [ 1 ] Tetracyclines were discovered in the 1940s and exhibited activity against a wide range of microorganisms including gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria , chlamydiota ...
Some drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes could also help lower a person’s risk of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s. Image credit: martin-dm/Getty Images.