[Prescription of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and memantine in the Canary Islands, comparison with the Spanish population.].

Objective: In the Canary Islands the prescriptions billed to the National Health System are registered in a database (FarmaCanarias). The main objective was to estimate the consumption of Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (IACE) and Memantine in Canary Islands and to compare with a Spanish sample from Pharmacoepidemiological Research Base in Primary Care (PRBPC) which is national in scope. As secondary we determined the percentage in treatment in the Spanish sample.