Rivastigmine Hexal
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Active Ingredient: rivastigmine
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About Rivastigmine Hexal
Rivastigmine Hexal is a medicine containing the active substance rivastigmine.
What it is used for
Rivastigmine Hexal is used for the treatment of patients with mild to moderately severe Alzheimer’s dementia, a progressive brain disorder that gradually affects memory, intellectual ability and behaviour. Rivastigmine Hexal is also used to treat mild to moderately severe dementia in patients with Parkinson’s disease. The medicine can only be obtained with a prescription.
How it is used
Treatment with Rivastigmine Hexal should be initiated and supervised by a doctor who has experience in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease or dementia in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Treatment should only be started if a caregiver is available who will regularly monitor the use of Rivastigmine Hexal by the patient. Treatment should continue as long as the medicine has a benefit, but the dose can be reduced or treatment interrupted if the patient has side effects. Rivastigmine Hexal should be given twice a day, with morning and evening meals. The capsules should be swallowed whole. The starting dose is 1.5 mg twice a day. In patients who tolerate this dose, it can be increased in 1.5-mg steps no more frequently than every two weeks, to a regular dose of 3 to 6 mg twice a day.
How it works
The active substance in Rivastigmine Hexal, rivastigmine, is an antidementia medicine. In patients with Alzheimer’s dementia or dementia due to Parkinson’s disease, certain nerve cells die in the brain, resulting in low levels of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (a chemical that allows nerve cells to communicate with each other). Rivastigmine works by blocking the enzymes that break down acetylcholine: acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase. By blocking these enzymes, Rivastigmine Hexal allows levels of acetylcholine to be increased in the brain, helping to reduce the symptoms of Alzheimer’s dementia and dementia due to Parkinson’s disease.
Active substance: rivastigmine
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