Benzgalantamine is a prodrug of [galantamine]. Gastrointestinal adverse effects are the most frequently reported side effects in patients undergoing treatment with cholinesterase inhibitors, including galantamine, and are often a reason for treatment disconti…

Galantamine is a tertiary alkaloid and reversible, competitive inhibitor of the acetylcholinesterase (AChE) enzyme, which is a widely studied therapeutic target used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.[A1018] First characterized in the early 1950s, galan…