Dementia treatments
Dementia information
There are currently no medicines available to stop the progression of primary progressive aphasia, but there are treatments that may help with some of the symptoms.
In this section:
What treatments are available for primary progressive aphasia?
A referral to a speech and language therapist can be useful at any time after a diagnosis.
The therapist will assess your speech, language and communication difficulties and how they are affecting you or making everyday life difficult.
They can also help with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties.
People with PPA may also find it useful to see a physiotherapist, occupational therapist or dietitian for support with movement and swallowing symptoms.
People with dementia may be offered antidepressants, or non-drug treatments like cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to help with mood and anxiety symptoms.
People with logopenic aphasia may be prescribed medicines commonly used to treat symptoms of Alzheimer’s.
This is because it can be caused by Alzheimer’s rather than frontotemporal dementia (FTD) which causes other types of PPA.
Unfortunately there are no medications available yet to treat FTD.
Are new Alzheimer's treatments lecanemab and donanemab available for people with logopenic aphasia?
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This information was updated in April 2025 and is due to be reviewed in April 2027. It was written by Alzheimer’s Research UK’s Information Services team with input from lay and expert reviewers. Please get in touch if you’d like a version with references or in a different format.
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