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Brand Names: Alzant, Axura, Ebixa, Namenda
Generic Name: Memantine

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. Read more...Click to read more below

Merz's Memantine site


Reasons Taken

14 patients in the community are taking or have taken Memantine.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 5 35%
Brain fog 5 35%
Pain 2 14%
Cognition 1 7%
Vision 1 7%

Dosages

Based on the patients currently taking Memantine.

  5 mg day 10 mg day 20 mg day
  3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 8 Number of Patients: 8  

Duration

How long current patients have been taking Memantine or how long patients were taking Memantine before stopping.

Currently taking Memantine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
2
4
3
2

Stopped taking Memantine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
0
0
0
0
Why Patients Stopped Taking Memantine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 1 100% Did not seem to work: 100%


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