What is Memantine?
Memantine is the first in a novel class of Alzheimer's disease medications acting on the glutamatergic system. It is also being tested for use as a cognitive enhancer in a variety of other conditions.
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Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Slow my ALS progress | 15 |
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1 | ||||
| Other | 12 |
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2 | ||||
| Brain fog | 5 |
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2 | |||
| Memory problems | 5 |
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1 | ||||
| Cognition | 3 |
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1 | ||||
| Emotional lability | 2 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Did not seem to work
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8 | 73% |
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Side effects too severe
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2 | 18% |
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Expense
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1 | 9% |
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Personal research
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1 | 9% |
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Other
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1 | 9% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Patient Evaluations
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- too young!
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: severe
- Chest: moderate
- Legs: severe
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- too young!
- since Nov 07, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Slow my ALS progress
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips has slowed progression and significantly decreased my shortness of breath through out the day, which in turn has increased my energy level. best med yet See full evaluation
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Report created on November 21, 2009.