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Official diagnosis & Medications

Kay♡
Kay♡ Member Posts: 4
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Is a official diagnosis needed to start taking medication (Aricept) to slow down memory loss?

Mri showed brain atrophy more accelerated for age than should be & chronic vessel ischemic changes. Memory loss & behaviors are declining also

Neurologist prescribed Aricept but can't be started without official diagnosis which seems impossible to get

Very concerned that by the time a official diagnosis is made it will be too late for the medication to help slow this down even if only temporary

Commonly Used Abbreviations


DH = Dear Husband
DW= Dear Wife, Darling Wife
LO = Loved One
ES = Early Stage
EO = Early Onset
FTD = Frontotemporal Dementia
VD = Vascular Dementia
MC = Memory Care
AL = Assisted Living
POA = Power of Attorney
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