A Patient Who Has Alzheimer's Disease Begins Taking Donepezil (Aricept)

A patient who has Alzheimer's disease begins taking donepezil (Aricept) .After 3 months of treatment,the patient does not show improvement of symptoms.The primary care NP should:

A) switch to rivastigmine (Exelon) .
B) switch to galantamine (Razadyne) .
C) switch to memantine (Namenda) .
D) continue donepezil and reevaluate in 3 months.

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