Role of cholinesterase inhibitors in dementia care needs rethinking

The NHS focus on memory clinics driven by drugs that slow cognitive decline is taking resources away from services offering long term integrated care. The role of these clinics needs reconsideration alongside availability of the drugs

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Published inBMJ Vol. 333; no. 7566; pp. 491 - 493
Main Authors Pelosi, Anthony J, McNulty, Seamus V, Jackson, Graham A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 02.09.2006
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Subjects
Ambulatory Care - organization & administration
Analysis and Comment
Cholinesterase Inhibitors - therapeutic use
Dementia
Dementia - drug therapy
Humans
Mental Health Services - organization & administration
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Quality of Health Care
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Summary:The NHS focus on memory clinics driven by drugs that slow cognitive decline is taking resources away from services offering long term integrated care. The role of these clinics needs reconsideration alongside availability of the drugs
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Correspondence to: A J Pelosi
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References w1-w14 are on bmj.com
Correspondence to: A J Pelosi a.pelosi@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
We thank the referees for their helpful comments on an earlier draft.
Contributors and sources: GAJ, SVM, and AJP all have a particular interest in delivery of psychiatry services. This article is the end product of several years' discussion on this topic, and experience of dealing with patients with dementia within their services. All authors contributed to the ideas for this paper and to its writing and redrafting. AJP is the guarantor.
Competing interests: None declared.
ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
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DOI:10.1136/bmj.38945.478160.94