Donezepil and diarrhea

Although maybe not as severe yes, my wife experienced the same thing on donezepil. She also experienced vasa vegal (sp?) episodes which is basically fainting. Finally took her off after 2 years. I could tell her dementia accelerated but her physical health was better. They have alternatives in this class of drugs but I never tried them. Nemenda is in a different class and is often paired with donezepil.

My mom has vascular dementia and I was told donezepil would do her no good. They said there was no medication for vascular dementia. My mom does have IBS and has struggled with diarrhea for years. She is on Cholestyramine powder packets. They are used primarily for high cholesterol, but they have given them to mom off label for the diarrhea and it works great. Since vascular dementia is well vascular a cholesterol medication is probably helpful anyway. I would look into the benefits of donezepil for vascular dementia.