The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE 1165
ISSUE 1165
September 15, 2003
Issue 1165
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Memantine for Alzheimer's Disease
September 15, 2003 (Issue: 1165)
Memantine hydrochloride, which has been used to treat dementia in Germany (Axura Merz) since 1982, has become the latest word-of-mouth miracle drug for Alzheimer's disease in the US (G Kolata, NY Times, June 15, 2003). Forest Laboratories has...more
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