Abstract:Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of compound Danshen tablets combined with Donepezil on Alzheimer's disease (AD). Methods One hundred AD patients were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, with 50 cases in each group. The control group was treated with Donepezil, and the observation group was treated with compound Danshen tablets combined with Donepezil. Before treatment, 1 month and 3 months after treatment, Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE) score, Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale (ADAS-cog) score, activities of daily living (ADL) score, glutamic acid (Glu) level and aspartic acid (Asp) level of the two groups were analyzed by repeated measures. The incidences of adverse reactions of the two groups were counted. Results The MMSE score, ADAS-cog score, ADL score, serum Glu and Asp levels were different at different time points (P < 0.05). The MMSE score, ADAS-cog score, ADL score, serum Glu and Asp levels were different between the observation group and the control group (P < 0.05), the MMSE score of the observation group was higher than that of the control group, while the ADAS-cog score, ADL score, serum Glu and Asp levels of the observation group were lower than those of the control group. The variation trends of MMSE score, ADAS-cog score, ADL score, serum Glu and Asp levels were different at different time points (P < 0.05). The adverse reaction rate was not statistically different between the two groups (P > 0.05). Conclusions Compound Danshen tablets combined with Donepezil is effective for AD, its mechanism may be related to the inhibition of excitatory amino acid expression.