dementia challenges and opportunities

Question 1

which three dementia disorders have no licensed treatment?

Answer 1

dementia with Lewy bodies, vascular dementia, frontotemporal dementia

Question 2

what is the most common type of dementia? how many people does it affect?

Answer 2

alzheimers disease

affects 500,000 people

Question 3

what are the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th strategies to manage dementia?

Answer 3

1st = prevention 
2nd = slow down disease progression
3rd = introduce disease modifying treatment 
4th = cure

Question 4

give four fixed risk factors for dementia

Answer 4

age, genetics, brain injury and education level

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Question 5

give give modifiable risk factors for dementia

Answer 5

diabetes, hypertension, brain injury, sleep, depression, obesity

Question 6

which four drugs may be used in dual therapies for dementia?

Answer 6

donapezil, rivastigmine, galantamine, memantine

Question 7

give six accelerators of decline in dementia patients?

Answer 7

1) psychosis
2) anti psychotic treatments
3) depression
4) infections
5) anaesthesia
6) genetic status - APoE4 positive

Question 8

what agent may be used as anti-tau?

Answer 8

LMTX