| Title | Summary | Resource & Link |
| Drug treatments and Dementia | Discusses some of the drug treatments currently being used in the treatment of dementia. This includes new drugs which may have a temporary effect in improving mental functioning and drugs used to treat accompanying symptoms such as depression and anxiety. Also suggests questions that people with dementia, their families and carers should ask their doctor before being prescribed any of these drugs. | Alzheimer's Australia "About Dementia Series" - June 2005 |
| Medical Treatment Options | Information on the major symptoms of dementia and the recommended medicinal treatments as well as other non-medicinal strategies | Dementia Resource Guide June 2008 - DoHA |
| Drugs used to relieve behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia | Describes the different types of drugs that may be prescribed | Alzheimer's Australia |
| Complex care: Medication management for people living in the community with dementia and chronic illness. | Research project aiming to trial and evaluate a person centred care framework for people living in the community with dementia who are at risk of a medication misadventure. | Royal District Nursing Services of SA |
| Researchers find drugs being tested for Alzheimer's disease work in unexpected and beneficial ways | Researchers at Mayo Clinic, with their national and international collaborators, have discovered how a class of agents now in testing to treat Alzheimer's disease work, and say they may open up an avenue of drug discovery for this disease and others. | Mayo Clinic - June 2008 |
| Treating Alzheimer's Disease and Vascular Dementia - The Use of Other Therapeutic Treatments | Summary of other treatment therapies | Alzheimers Australia |
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