Patent ID: 6617361
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: A61K,A61P,Y10S

Abstract:
A method to prevent the onset of Alzheimer's disease in a patient which method comprisesa) administering to said subject an effective amount of at least one medicament that stimulates implicit memory for a time period sufficient to stimulate said implicit memory; followed by b) administering to said subject at least one medicament which stimulates implicit memory along with treating said subject with or causing said subject to be treated with psychotherapeutic or psychological support stimuli for a period sufficient to affect the explicit memory of said subject so as to learn a desired behavior; followed by c) administering to said subject an effective amount of at least one medicament that stimulates the implicit memory of said subject and at least one medicament which stimulates the explicit memory of said subject for a period sufficient to transfer the behavior learned from step b) from the explicit memory into the implicit memory.