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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slow my ALS progress | 15 |
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1 | ||||
| Emotional lability | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Stiffness/Spasticity | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 1 | 0 |
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Did not seem to work
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7 | 88% |
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Expense
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1 | 13% |
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Side effects too severe
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1 | 13% |
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Other
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1 | 13% |
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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 23, 2009.