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Introductions: Are you caring for someone with dementia?
Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Mar 17 6:30pm | Replies (762)Comment receiving replies
My husband hasn’t been diagnosed with anything yet, but I can relate to others not seeing his memory issues. Sometimes they do, but sometimes they don’t. I know they don’t think we are lying, but it is frustrating that they don’t get it. Are there prescriptions that help slow the progression of dementia?
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There are medications that can help. They are usually not prescribed until after a diagnosis as different medications work for different types of dementia. And some medications can be prescribed in some cases. My husband - who had LBD - is on a medication that has a “black box warning”. However, based on his overall condition & degree of dementia he is prescribed a moderate dose.
For Alzheimer's they are often started on Aricept. When the dose was increased to 10 mg, he developed a sensitivity to the medication and had to be taken off it. Now he is on Memantine and takes one 10 mg tablet twice a day. This does seem to be helping but, the disease keeps progressing. I am glad he has the medication. He was diagnosed 15 months ago.
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Aricept 5mg helped my husband for a year and was slowing benefits but after an increase to 10mg there was another significant improvement