Princeton, New Jersey; June 1, 2011 - Sandoz today announced the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and US launch of donepezil hydrochloride (HCL) film-coated tablets and donepezil HCL ...

Discontinuation of donepezil (Aricept) treatment for patients with moderate to severe Alzheimer’s impacts whether they go into a nursing home, but only for the first year, according to a new study. In ...

New warnings have been added to the prescribing information for the Alzheimer's drug Aricept (donepezil) advising of the risk of two rare but potentially serious conditions: muscle breakdown ...

September 6, 2012 — In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen has asked the court to compel the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to act on its petition filed over a ...

Review the side-effects of Donepezil as documented in medical literature. The term "side effects" refers to unintended effects that can occur as a result of taking the medication. In majority of the ...

Donepezil, marketed under the brand name Aricept, is an oral tablet medication prescribed for people living with Alzheimer’s disease. Medicare drug plans may cover the brand drug Aricept or its ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The off-label use of donepezil did not improve cognitive ability scores in patients with an early onset form of ...

October 8, 2010 — The acetylcholinesterase inhibitor donepezil (Aricept, Pfizer), used primarily to treat Alzheimer's disease (AD), significantly reduced the number of falls in Parkinson's disease (PD ...

SYDNEY -- Parkinson's disease patients who have impaired cognition appeared to benefit from the Alzheimer's disease medicine donepezil (Aricept) -- with no detriment to their motor skills, researchers ...

Evidence-based recommendations on donepezil (Aricept), galantamine (Reminyl), rivastigmine (Exelon) and memantine (Ebixa) for treating Alzheimer's disease in adults. Last reviewed: 20 June 2018. This ...

The specific role of donepezil in the management of Alzheimer's disease, particularly long-term or in patients with severe disease, remains to be fully elucidated. However, the cognitive abilities of ...