Table 6. Conclusions on drugs to treat dementia in PD.
Efficacy | Safety | Practice implications | |
---|---|---|---|
Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors | |||
Donepezil | Insufficient evidence | Acceptable risk without specialized monitoring | Investigational |
Rivastigmine | Efficacious | Acceptable risk without specialized monitoring | Clinically useful |
Galantamine | Insufficient evidence | Acceptable risk without specialized monitoring | Investigational |
NMDA Receptor Antagonists | |||
Memantine | Insufficient evidence | Acceptable risk without specialized monitoring | Investigational |
Treatments with new conclusions have gray backgrounds and italicized text, and those with no changes have white backgrounds.
PD, Parkinson's disease.