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Mucinex and Cough meds can cause confusion
My dear husband with vascular dementia was somewhat improved after getting hyperbaric trestments then he got a virus with chest congestion and cough. I gave him MucinexDM for the cough and his confusion was almost immediate. Took me a week to make the connection, thinking he was just feeling bad but when he stopped those meds, he rebounded within a day. READ LABELS if you notice changes with meds…wish I had made the connection earlier.
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It’s the DM to be especially careful of. My wife with ALZ was coughing so I gave her a MucinexDM. It cause her to faint and I had to call 911 because I couldn’t wake her. She has a version of tachycardia and they suspect that the DM may have caused a brief heart block that caused her to faint.
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2 ReactionsIt’s actually the DM in it or any cough med that makes it twice as bad. But regular Musinex bad too.
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1 ReactionI just had my husband take Alka Seltzer Plus Cold, which doesn't seem to have any of the DM ingredient. He came down with his first bad cold in several y ears, so am hoping it will help those symptoms without causing any confusion.