Table 1: Adverse Drug
Reactions Associated with Alzheimer Medications
| Donepezil* (Aricept®) | Galantamine* (Reminyl®) | Rivastigmine* (Exelon®) |
Tacrine† | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nausea | 6% | 24% | 17% | 28% |
| Vomiting | 5% | 13% | 14% | 28% |
| Diarrhea | 9% | 9% | -- | 16% |
| Dizziness | -- | 9% | 9% | 12% |
| Weight decrease | -- | 7% | -- | 3% |
| Anorexia | 3% | 9% | 5% | 9% |
Derived from individual
product labeling: *Maintenance phase; † Titration phase
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