Current Alzheimer's medications: effective treatment options, or expensive bottles of hope?

To the Editor: I am not a medical researcher, nor am I a medical doctor. I am, however, a spouse caregiver for my wife, who is now in moderate stages of Alzheimer disease (AD). My reading of the AD literature, my listening to other spouse caregivers, and my research on the effectiveness of current AD medications all tell me that doctors too often recommend that patients with AD continue taking ineffective “treatment medications.”Well after the time period when even the pharmaceutical manufacturers claim that their products are effective, many doctors continue to prescribe these same ineffective AD medications for their patients.