April 2, 2012 — Approval for the new 23-mg dose of the Alzheimer's disease (AD) drug donepezil (Aricept, Eisai) "breached the FDA's own regulatory standard" and has led to "incomplete and distorted ...

July 27, 2010 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved donepezil HCl 23-mg tablets (Aricept; Eisai, Inc and Pfizer, Inc) for the once-daily treatment of moderate to severe Alzheimer's ...

For decades, dementia, especially Alzheimer’s disease, was treated as untouchable. Families watched loved ones fade, doctors could offer only reassurance and coping strategies, and research seemed to ...

Donepezil is a generic prescription drug used to treat dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease. Donepezil’s cost may depend on factors such as your dosage, whether you have health insurance, and the ...

“This study suggests that there is no protective (or harmful) association of memantine [a second-line drug for dementia] or donepezil [a first-line drug] with the risk of developing age-related ...