Motor symptoms respond to drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease, like levodopa, a dopamine analogue, while cognitive symptoms may improve with drugs for Alzheimer's disease, like donepezil, which increases acetylcholine availability.

针对运动障碍，可使用与帕金森病类似的药物，比如多巴胺类似物左旋多巴，而使用类似阿尔茨海默病的药物，可以改善认知症状，比如多奈哌齐，它能增加乙酰胆碱的供给。