Thousands of Scots Alzheimer's Sufferers Will Be Denied Drugs

The Scotsman › January 23, 2006

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TENS of thousands of Scots who suffer from Alzheimer's disease will be denied breakthrough drugs because they fail arbitrary tests, according to a leading dementia charity.

At the moment the drugs donepezil (Aricept), rivastigmine (Exelon) and galantamine (Reminyl) are all available for mild to moderate Alzheimer's on the NHS.

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Thousands of Scots Alzheimer's Sufferers Will Be Denied Drugs

But following reassessment, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has today recommended only patients with moderate Alzheimer's should receiv...

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