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FDA OKs Patch to Treat Alzheimer's Dementia

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first skin patch to be used to treat the effects of Alzheimer's disease. The drug in the patch, Exelon, can sometimes cause gastrointestinal side effects when swallowed as a pill.

11 Jul 2007

Delivering Exelon through the patch eliminates this side effect and provides regular and continuous doses throughout the day
The first skin patch to treat the dementia that can plague Alzheimer's patients gained federal approval, a drug company said Monday.

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