Has any medication been proven more effective as treatment for normal pressure hydrocephalus?

NPH Drug Treatment: No definitive evidence exists that medication can successfully treat nph. Parkinson drugs have been reported to be of benefit in anecdotal reports, these patients with nph may represent misdiagnosed cases of parkinsonism. In patients who are poor candidates for shunt surgery, repeated lumbar punctures in combination with diuretics may be considered.

No: At this time, there is no drug that has been demonstrated to help with nph. A shunt has been demonstrated to help with the nph symptoms. In patients who concurrently have other neurodegenerative disorders like alzheimers or parkinson's, medications that help these diseases may attenuate the nph symptoms.