Table 3.
Disease | Current Treatments |
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Alzheimer’s disease | short term symptomatic treatment only: cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine (NMDA receptor antagonist) |
Huntington’s disease | short term symptomatic treatment only: anti-psychotics; anti-depressants; mood stabilizers |
Ischemic stroke | tissue plasminogen activator (only useful up to 3 hr after a stroke) |
Depression | anti-depressants (selective serotonin uptake inhibitors; atypical anti-depressants; tricyclic anti-depressants; monoamine oxidase inhibitors) |
Diabetic neuropathy | anti-seizure medications; anti-depressants; opioid analgesics |