Vascular dementia: Medications

by Vimal Aga, MD Board-certified Geriatric psychiatrist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR After Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia (now called “Vascular neurocognitive disorder” in DSM-5) is the second most common cause of dementia. The research is confusing, so let me give you the bottom line: 1. Neither cholinesterase inhibitors nor…