Anticholinesterases are a class of drugs that decrease breakdown of acetylcholine (a chemical messenger in the brain) and can be used in conditions whereby there is an apparent lack of this messenger transmission such as in Alzheimer’s disease. Members of this class include Reminyl (galantamine), Aricept (donepezil), neostigmine, Mestinon (pyridostigmine) and Elexon (rivastigmine).
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