TREATMENT OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
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1. A method for treating cognitive impairment comprising administering eplivanserin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of eplivanserin to a subject in need of such treatment.
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Provided are methods of treating cognitive impairment and/or psychosis and/or movement disorders by administering a pharmaceutical composition of eplivanserin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a subject in need thereof.
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- 1. A method for treating cognitive impairment comprising administering eplivanserin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of eplivanserin to a subject in need of such treatment.
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15. A method for treating cognitive impairment comprising administering eplivanserin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of eplivanserin to a subject in need of such treatment, wherein the cognitive impairment is characterized by a deficit in mental activities associated with thinking, reasoning, learning, memory and/or sensory processing and the cognitive impairment is selected from the group consisting of agnosia, amnesia, aphasia, apraxia, delirium, dementia and a learning disorder and the cognitive impairment is associated with a condition selected from the group consisting of AIDS dementia complex, Binswanger'"'"'s disease, Lewy body dementia, frontotemporal dementia, mild cognitive impairment, multi-infarct dementia, Pick'"'"'s disease, semantic dementia, Alzheimer'"'"'s disease, Parkinson'"'"'s disease, Huntington'"'"'s disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Creutzfeld-Jacob disease, Kuru disease, corticobasal degeneration, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, multiple sclerosis, normal pressure hydrocephalus, organic chronic brain syndrome, Pick'"'"'s disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, senile dementia, vascular dementia, autism spectrum disorder, Down Syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome, Angelman syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, Rett syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder, attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, brain trauma, infection, drug intoxication, drug abuse, sleep deprivation, anxiety disorders, dissociative disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia, somatoform and factitious disorders and chronic pain, wherein the eplivanserin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of eplivanserin is administered from one to three times a day and from 1 mg to 50 mg of eplivanserin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of eplivanserin is administered within a 24 hour period.
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16. A method of treating Lewy-body dementia in a patient diagnosed with a cognitive disorder comprising administering eplivanserin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
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17. A method of treating psychosis comprising administering eplivanserin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a patient in need thereof.
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18. A method of treating Parkinson'"'"'s disease psychosis comprising administering eplivanserin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a patient in need thereof.
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19. A method of treating Alzheimer'"'"'s disease psychosis comprising administering eplivanserin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a patient in need thereof.
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