Galantamine is a prescription medicine used for treating mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. This eMedTV resource provides general dosing information for galantamine, explains how the drug works, and describes its effects.
Uncontrollable twitches, depression, and seizures are potentially serious side effects of galantamine. This eMedTV resource provides a list of possible galantamine side effects, including information on what to do if they occur while taking the drug.
Galantamine is used for treating dementia in people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. This page from the eMedTV Web site explains how the drug can help improve cognitive function and discusses possible off-label galantamine uses.
The recommended starting dosage for long-acting galantamine is 8 mg once daily. This article from the eMedTV archives also offers galantamine dosing guidelines for the short-acting form and explains how often your doctor may increase your dosage.
Cholinergic drugs, NSAIDs, and anticholinergic medications may cause drug interactions with galantamine. As this eMedTV article explains, galantamine drug interactions can reduce the effectiveness of the drugs or increase your risk of side effects.
Galantamine may increase the risk of death in people with cognitive impairment not related to Alzheimer's. This eMedTV segment includes other precautions and warnings with galantamine and offers information on who should not take this drug.
Reminyl is the name under which Razadyne was originally sold. As this portion of the eMedTV library explains, this name was changed awhile ago because many people confused Reminyl with a similar-sounding medication called Amaryl.
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