Memantine, a long-approved and cost-effective drug used to treat Alzheimer's disease, could also benefit patients with sickle ...

Memantine HCl 7mg, 14mg, 21mg, 28mg; ext-rel caps. Memantine is postulated to exert its therapeutic effect through its action as a low to moderate affinity uncompetitive (open-channel) N-methyl ...

Some people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have abnormal levels of glutamate in the brain. New research led by Mass General Brigham focused on this neuron-activating chemical, suggesting that a ...

The dementia drug memantine showed promise for improving social functioning in a small trial of youth with autism. Nine of 16 children and adolescents treated with memantine met the response criteria ...

Another earlier memantine trial – the Benefit and Efficacy in Severely Demented patients during Treatment with Memantine (M-Best or 9403) study – enrolled participants with moderately severe AD as ...

Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO Key Takeaways Non-drug approaches should be tried before medications because they don't ...

Memantine, a long-approved and cost-effective drug used to treat Alzheimer’s disease, could also benefit patients with sickle cell anemia in the future. Initial clinical data from an international ...