The focus of this review is the pharmacological treatment of dementia. Pharmacotherapy is often the central intervention used to improve symptoms or delay the progression of dementia syndromes. The available agents vary with respect to their therapeutic actions, and are supported by varying levels of evidence for efficacy. This report is a systematic evaluation of the evidence for pharmacological interventions for the treatment of dementia in the domains of cognition, global function, behavior/mood, quality of life/activities of daily living (ADL) and caregiver burden. Many medications have...