Epilepsy drugs could be used to prevent or treat symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease

NEW YORK: A recent study has found that drugs used to prevent or reduce the severity of epileptic seizures, also known as anticonvulsants, could become a promising treatment option for patients with Alzheimer’s.

“Now we have many different research groups using antiepileptic drugs that engage the same target, and all point to a therapeutic effect in both Alzheimer’s disease models and patients with the disease,” said…

Full story covered in the Dementia Business Weekly.

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