What kind of medications are effective for alzheimer's disease?

A few may help: While there is no cure for alzheimer's disease, there are a few prescription medications that slow its progression. (the amount they help may or may not be clinically significant, though — researchers disagree on this point.) examples include Aricept (donepezil), Namenda (memantine), and Exelon (rivastigmine).

Four: Three of them are inhibitors of acetylcholine breakdown (aricept, Exelon (rivastigmine) and razadyne) and one is affecting glutamate receptors (namenda).