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Table 2 Antidementia drugs in the sample

From: Antidementia drug treatment in dementia networks in Germany: use rates and factors associated with treatment use

Class

Number

Months of intake - mean (SD)

Dosage per day - (n)

Antidementia

n = 267 (%)

  

 1. Memantine

99 (37.1)

25.25 (25.1) / n = 77

20 mg/d (90)

 2. Donepezil

85 (31.8)

24.72 (22.5) / n = 65

10 mg/d (79)

 3. Rivastigmine

52 (19.5)

21.33 (19.9) / n = 40

9.5 mg/d (35)

 4. Galantamine

31 (11.6)

38.14 (26.2) / n = 21

16 mg/d (29)

Ginkgo biloba

   

 1. Ginkgo

n = 29 (5.1)

24.24 (26.1) / n = 17

120 mg/d (23)