[Music] dinebasil and rivastigmine are cholinesterase inhibitors used to treat alzheimer's disease in this mnemonic video we'll cover important facts about donepezil and rivastigmine so you'll be ready come test day for today's video we're heading to the happiest place on earth welcome to pixar island a theme park full of magic and fun and good food of course as a place for kids pixar's land is well known for its delicious donuts let these donuts serve as your memory anchor for dinnepisil get it donuts for din episode it's the donepezil donuts besides the donuts another thing that makes pixar iceland so magical is the sparkling river that runs around the castle you know how magic castles always have a river moat around them well this river is our symbol for the drug rivastigmine river for rivastigmine okay now let's move on to learn more about what dynapozilla and riverstigmen actually do in case you get thirsty the donut stand also offers cold bottles of cola and the fridge is always fully stocked here at pixarize we use cola bottles to symbolize choline and acetylcholine get it cola for choline and since this is a fridge stocked full of cola bottles you will easily be able to remember that dinneposile and rivastigmine increase acetylcholine levels why would we need a drug to increase the amount of acetylcholine in the body let's continue to find out another big part of the magic at pixar iceland is all the characters dressed up around the park take the donut stand for example where the donuts are sold by an old alchemist except this alchemist looks confused because he's missing some of his donuts while the alchemist was admiring the river a young troublemaker stole some of his donuts you can use this old confused alchemist to help you remember alzheimer's disease because alchemist sounds a lot like alzheimer right and this alchemist is older and confused because alzheimer's disease affects elderly people manifesting as dementia and confusion in these patients the nepazil and rivastigmine are prescribed to patients diagnosed with alzheimer's disease it's been shown that an increase in acetylcholine caused by these drugs can help improve memory i also want to note that donepezil and rivastigmin cannot cure alzheimer's disease nor can they prevent it but they can slow the symptomatic progression of the disease and improve the cognition of patients all right that's it for this mnemonic let's recap dinepizal and rivastygmin are medications that treat alzheimer's disease by increasing the acetylcholine levels in the body although they are not a cure or prevention for alzheimer's disease they can slow the progression of the disease and now i think i'll grab a donut myself since we're already here i'll see you next time thanks for watching for more videos like this one subscribe to our channel and check out our newest lessons for more resources on this topic including fact lists and interactive review images click the image next to the more here arrow i'll see you next time you