NEW YORK, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- STORY SUMMARY: SUGGESTED LEAD-IN: AN ESTIMATED 4.5 MILLION AMERICANS SUFFER FROM ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. ONE IN 10 PERSONS OVER AGE 65 HAS THE DISORDER.(1) NOW, THERE IS NEWS FOR PEOPLE IN THE LATE STAGES OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. STORY INFORMATION: THIS IS A MULTIVU SPECIAL REPORT BROUGHT TO YOU BY EISAI AND PFIZER. FOR THE FIRST TIME, PEOPLE LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE HAVE A ONCE-DAILY PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE THAT IS APPROVED TO TREAT THE FULL SPECTRUM OF THE DISEASE -- MILD, MODERATE AND SEVERE. ARICEPT -- THE NUMBER ONE PRESCRIBED MEDICATION FOR MILD TO MODERATE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE -- WAS APPROVED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. DR. RACHELLE DOODY OF BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE EXPLAINS: "Patients will now have one treatment that has proven to be effective and well tolerated at each stage of Alzheimer's disease." ARICEPT(R) (DONEPEZIL HCL TABLETS) IS WELL TOLERATED BUT MAY NOT BE FOR EVERYONE.(2) PEOPLE AT RISK FOR STOMACH ULCERS OR WHO TAKE CERTAIN OTHER MEDICINES SHOULD TELL THEIR DOCTORS BECAUSE SERIOUS STOMACH PROBLEMS, SUCH AS BLEEDING, MAY GET WORSE.(3) SOME PEOPLE WHO TAKE ARICEPT MAY EXPERIENCE FAINTING.(4) SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA, BRUISING, OR NOT SLEEP WELL. SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE MUSCLE CRAMPS OR LOSS OF APPETITE OR MAY FEEL TIRED.(5) IN STUDIES THESE WERE MILD AND TEMPORARY.(6) FOR FULL ARICEPT PRESCRIBING INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL (888) 999-9616 OR FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, PLEASE VISIT ARICEPT.COM. I'M LARRY CARDARELLI. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: Audio version and more available at http://www.prnewswire.com/broadcast/25673/consumer.html AUDIO PROVIDED BY: EISAI AND PFIZER For story information, please call MultiVu, 1-800-653-5313, ext. 3 or email (1) Alzheimer's Association Fact Sheet. URL: http://www.alz.org/Resources/FactSheets.asp. Last accessed August 16, 2006. Bullet Point 5. (2) Aricept Web site. What you should know about taking Aricept. Available at: http://www.aricept.com/3004.php. Accessed October 24, 2004. Page 1, Paragraph 2, Sentences 2 and 3 (3) Guyton, C. Textbook of Medical Physiology. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders Co; 1991:715. Page 715, Regulation of Gastric Secretion by Nervous and Hormonal Mechanisms, Sentence 4 (4) Aricept [package insert]. Teaneck, NJ: Eisai Co, Ltd; 2004. First Page, Paragraph 2, Sentence 7 (5) Aricept [package insert]. Teaneck, NJ: Eisai Co, Ltd; 2004. Page 1, Paragraph 2, Sentence 4 (6) Aricept [package insert]. Teaneck, NJ: Eisai Co, Ltd; 2004. Page 1, Paragraph 2, Sentence 5 http://www.prnewswire.com/broadcast/25673/press.htmlDATASOURCE: Eisai; Pfizer CONTACT: For story information, please call MultiVu, 1-800-653-5313, ext. 3 or email Web site: http://www.aricept.com/ http://www.alz.org/Resources/FactSheets.asp http://www.aricept.com/3004.php

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