EDUCATION

The goal of treatment is to slow the disease and manage symptoms. This is done with lifestyle changes, medicines, and alternative and complementary therapies.

Options are:

Lifestyle changes
Medications
Alternative and complementary therapies
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Alzheimer's disease medications fact sheet. National Institute on Aging website. Available at: https://www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers/publication/alzheimers-disease-medications-fact-sheet. Updated April 2, 2018. Accessed October 8, 2019.

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What is Alzheimer's? Alzheimer’s Association website. Available at: http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_what_is_alzheimers.asp. Accessed October 8, 2019.

Last reviewed September 2019 by EBSCO Medical Review Board Rimas Lukas, MD  Last Updated: 10/30/2020