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Week 9 Discussion: Prescribing for Older Adults and Pregnant Women
Mild Neurocognitive Disorder DSM-5 331.83 (G31.84) in the older adult population
Neurocognitive disorder Alzheimer's disease is 60-80% causal of dementia which is a typical term for
a decline in mental ability severe enough to impede daily life. Alzheimer’s is the most common cause
of dementia. Alzheimer’s is a specific disease. Dementia is not. Dementia describes a group
of symptoms related to a decline in memory, reasoning, or other thinking skills. Numerous
different types of dementia exist, and many conditions cause it. Mixed dementia is a condition in which
brain changes of more than one type of dementia occur simultaneously. Alzheimer's disease is the
most common cause of dementia, accounting for 60-80% of dementia cases
In the U.S., there are five FDA-approved medications that treat the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease by
temporarily helping cognition
(donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine, memantine, and donepezil/memantine combination). Aricept (do
nepezil) is a drug that has been approved by the FDA has been divided into categories that refer to the
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