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My mom with Alzheimer's was prescribed Aricept 5mg. She was doing fine on that. She is progressing more as expected, so nuero upped it to 10 mg. She said to look out for side effects like stomach issues and dizziness. She hasn't had any of those. What I did notice was it seems she has progressed even more in a short time.…
I'm recently diagnosed positive for early stage Alzheimer. Currently I am taking a prescription to help with some memory issues. My Neurologist wants me to decide on one of two intravenous medicine. I am not crazy about the possible side affects. I would like to hear from someone who is on this one and of any side affects.
Hello, all. My DW has been in skilled nursing care for several months. She has later-stage Alzheimers but also physical limitations — needs help with eating, toileting, walking on 24/7 basis. She became more agitated and combative in recent weeks so SNC staff said she needed to go to hospital psych unit for medication…
My mom is 83yo, in mild to moderate Alzheimers. I don't know which stage exactly, just that she has plaque on several parts of her brain. The neurologist says her stage is dependent on her behavior and abilities. She's been taking donepezil for about 2 months now. Took 6 weeks to get her to 10mg. She has been getting…
Donanemab: Conflicts of interest found in FDA committee that approved new Alzheimer’s drug https://www.bmj.com/content/386/bmj.q2010
Hi everyone, I'm caring for my aunt who raised me when I was a child. She has early-stage Alzheimer’s and is currently living alone. Her son has been out of contact with the family for about 10 years, and we haven’t been able to find him. She misses him deeply and talks about him every day. My aunt has memory loss. Because…
Hello, my mom, who has alzheimer needs to take medicine daily. She is good with most medicine except the calcium supplements. She couldn't swallow it. I crushed the pill and mixed with food. She spilled it out, thinking they are rocks. I don't want she to feel someone put rocks in her meal since she has been lately…
I need some advice .. My step father who is only 61 years old has been battling frontal lobe dementia for 2 years now but recently his behaviors have increased to being up at night wandering from room to room , pacing and moderate confusing and anger, with possible treats of wanting to end his life , but he was not…
I was wondering about other’s thoughts/experiences with anti-depressant usage in Alzheimer’s patients. For context, my mother is late stage 5. She previously was on an antidepressant though apparently not taking it when she was still living at home. I moved her into assisted living (not memory care yet) a little over a…
Long story - mostly venting but all suggestions welcome. Mom 85 has unspecified dementia; cognitive tests indicate Alz but amyloid PET scan was negative so could be vascular or other type. Mom has taken the negative PET result to mean Alz was "misdiagnosed" and therefore she is "well". Short term memory is in obvious…
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