B&C2: Treatments and drugs

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Cessation

Detoxification when over-drank

Reverses Wernicke’s Encephelopathy

High-dose vitamin B1 injections

Treatment for alcohol

inpatient or outpatient addiction services 

Cure for Alzheimer’s

There is none.

Main diagnostic methods of Alzheimer’s

• Neuropsychological assessment

• Structural imaging

Drugs given for Alzheimer’s (2)

• Cholinesterase inhibitors (stops loss of cholinergic neurons, improving communication between brain cells) 

• Memantine (increases glutamate)

2 treatments for aneurysms (vascular cognitive impairment)

• Endovascular treatment: such as coiling or stent placement, which are inserted into the blood vessel through the groin 

• Neurosurgical intervention (clipping), where the aneurysm is closed with a metal clip

Cure for Parkinson’s 

No cure !!

Drugs for Parkinson’s (5)

• Levodopa

• Dopamine agonists

• Monoamine oxidase type-B inhibitors

• Amantadine 

• Rivastigmine (for cognitive impairment)

Treatment for Parkinson’s (2)

→ deep brain stimulation (DBS) → implanting a thin wire with electrodes into the brain → high-frequency stimulation will alter the brain signals, leading to symptom improvement 

→ levodopa-carbiodopa intestinal gel (LCIG, brand name Duodopa)

• administered as a gel directly into the first part of the small intestine, to offer more continuous dopaminergic stimulation leading to more constant levodopa levels

Drugs for epilepsy

Anti-epileptic drugs (AEDS)

(first, second, and third generations)

Epilepsy treatments (3)

→ Wada test

→ Grid surgery

→ stereo EEG

Genetic disorder detectors (2)

Non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT, through blood tests), or a combined test (blood test and nuchal scan), enabling genetic abnormalities to be detected 

Whole-exome sequencing (WES) → examine entire genome for possible genetic variations