"Galantamine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A benzazepine derived from norbelladine. It is found in GALANTHUS and other AMARYLLIDACEAE. It is a cholinesterase inhibitor that has been used to reverse the muscular effects of GALLAMINE TRIETHIODIDE and TUBOCURARINE and has been studied as a treatment for ALZHEIMER DISEASE and other central nervous system disorders.
| Descriptor ID |
D005702
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.132.052.500 D03.633.100.079.525
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| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Galantamine" by people in Profiles.
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Stefanacci RG. The costs of Alzheimer's disease and the value of effective therapies. Am J Manag Care. 2011 Nov; 17 Suppl 13:S356-62.
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Holtzheimer PE, Meeks TW, Kelley ME, Mufti M, Young R, McWhorter K, Vito N, Chismar R, Quinn S, Dey S, Byrd EH, McDonald WM. A double blind, placebo-controlled pilot study of galantamine augmentation of antidepressant treatment in older adults with major depression. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2008 Jun; 23(6):625-31.
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Lippa CF. Review of issue: studies on veterans, a useful pain scale, and plasma amyloid levels as a predictor of response to medications. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2008 Jun-Jul; 23(3):215-7.
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Qaseem A, Snow V, Cross JT, Forciea MA, Hopkins R, Shekelle P, Adelman A, Mehr D, Schellhase K, Campos-Outcalt D, Santaguida P, Owens DK. Current pharmacologic treatment of dementia: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2008 Mar 04; 148(5):370-8.