A nurse administers medications to four patients with Alzheimer's disease.Which medication would be expected to antagonize N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)channels rather than cholinesterase?

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Memantine blocks the NMDA channels and is used in moderate-to-late stages of the disease.Donepezil,rivastigmine,and galantamine are all cholinesterase inhibitors.These drugs increase the availability of acetylcholine and are most often used to treat mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease.

A Nurse Administers Medications to Four Patients with Alzheimer's Disease