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. 1999 Oct;60(10):731-5.
doi: 10.12968/hosp.1999.60.10.1217.

Rivastigmine: a review

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Rivastigmine: a review

A Sim. Hosp Med. 1999 Oct.

Abstract

The acetylcholinesterase inhibitors are the first useful and useable drugs for palliative treatment of dementia of the Alzheimer type. This article reviews the second-generation carbamate cholinesterase inhibitor, rivastigmine (EXELON, Novartis, Basel) whose distinctive pharmacology is not only of immediate clinical relevance but also the key to some tantalizing therapeutic possibilities.

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