Of the five drugs currently approved for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease,which one of them is not an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor?

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There are five drugs currently approved for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.Four of them are acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.They are tacrine (Cognex),donepezil (Aricept),rivastigmine (Exelon),and galantamine (Reminyl).Memantine (Namenda)has recently been approved,and it blocks the actions of glutamate at N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor sites.

Of the Five Drugs Currently Approved for the Treatment of Alzheimer's