Alzheimer’s | autism | behavior | drug therapy | language | memantine | rivastigmine | tacrine | therapy
Drugs that are used to treat Alzheimer's disease may help people with autism. In this letter to the editor, Dr. Niederhofer points out that rivastigmine, memantine, and tacrine have been mentioned as being helpful therapies for autism. He tested the effects of tacrine on three patients (average age 17) with autism. He found that tacrine only helped a little bit with symptoms of autism.
Dr. Chez answered the letter by writing that tacrine should be researched further as a treatment for autism. He notes that he has shown in his research that memantine helps patients with autism in terms of language and behavior. He believes that Alzheimer's drugs may be able to improve the quality of life for patients with autism.
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