What are the benefits of the cholinesterase inhibitors in reducing the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease? Provide data to support your answer
What will be an ideal response?
The benefits are modest at best in preventing further deterioration of the disease. The percentage of patients obtaining a clinically relevant benefit from treatment with these drugs ranges from 25% to 54% versus 7% to 27% with placebo for cognitive improvement and ranges from 25% to 32% versus 11% to 19% with placebo for improvement in global measures of functioning.
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