Treatments
Medicines and non-drug approaches.
- Dementia Treatments: An Overview
A guide to today's options—anti-amyloid drugs, symptom medicines, treating other conditions, and non-drug approaches. - Lecanemab (Leqembi)
How the anti-amyloid drug lecanemab works, who it's for, how well it works, side effects including ARIA, and what treatment involves. - Donanemab (Kisunla)
The monthly anti-amyloid infusion for early Alzheimer's—how it works, results, ARIA risk, and the option to stop once amyloid clears. - ARIA: Side Effects of Anti-Amyloid Drugs (coming soon)
- Cholinesterase Inhibitors and Memantine
Donepezil, rivastigmine, galantamine and memantine—how these long-used dementia medicines work, who they help, and side effects. - Memantine (coming soon)
- Non-Drug Treatments for Dementia
Exercise, cognitive stimulation, music, routine and caregiver support—evidence-based approaches that improve daily life without medication. - Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (coming soon)
- Treating Behavioral Symptoms (coming soon)
- Antipsychotics and Dementia: Risks (coming soon)
- Supplements and Memory Claims (coming soon)
- Music and Art Therapy (coming soon)
- Treatments by Dementia Type (coming soon)