Drug treatments for Alzheimer's disease: Aricept, Exelon, Reminyl and Ebixa

No drug treatments can provide a cure for Alzheimer's disease. However, drug treatments have been developed that can temporarily slow down the progression of symptoms in some people. Aricept, Exelon and Reminyl all work in a similar way and are known as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. There is also a newer drug, Ebixa, which works in a different way to the other three.

For more information on how these drugs work and how they are prescribed see Factsheet 407, Drug treatments for Alzheimer's disease