Namenda ?
- Thread starter Portreeve
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Hello @Portreeve and welcome
Namenda (memantine) is a very common drug used in dementia.
It was never prescribed for my mum, but I know that a lot of members on here have experience and Im sure they will come on share their experience
Namenda (memantine) is a very common drug used in dementia.
It was never prescribed for my mum, but I know that a lot of members on here have experience and Im sure they will come on share their experience
Namenda is more widely known by generic name memantine.
It worked for my wife combined with a low dose of Epilim (chewable sodium valproate )
Plenty of posts about memantine
forum.alzheimers.org.uk
It worked for my wife combined with a low dose of Epilim (chewable sodium valproate )
Plenty of posts about memantine
Search results for query: memantine
forum.alzheimers.org.uk
I found that memantine keeps my husband calm most of the time, he has been on it for a couple of years with no problems. They have also tried him on donepezil and rivastigmine but they both seemed to make him very angry and difficult so they were stopped.
My husband has been on it 3 years with no problems. It has cooled his aggression and made him a nice person to be around although he still has his moments
My OH was prescribed memantine when he was diagnosed 4 years ago.
It's difficult to know how effective it's been. His decline has been quite quick and he's now late mid stage. But.. he was always a placid easy going man and he still is so it may have helped to keep his mood stable.
He didn't have any noticeable bad side effects but he does have long standing heart disease and he's now experiencing a low, sometimes dangerously low, heart rate and the cardiologist is asking memory clinic to review the memantine.
I'd like to keep him on it if possible as I don't want withdrawal to affect his mood. It will depend on the next round of echocardiogram and ECG results as to what is advised.
It's difficult to know how effective it's been. His decline has been quite quick and he's now late mid stage. But.. he was always a placid easy going man and he still is so it may have helped to keep his mood stable.
He didn't have any noticeable bad side effects but he does have long standing heart disease and he's now experiencing a low, sometimes dangerously low, heart rate and the cardiologist is asking memory clinic to review the memantine.
I'd like to keep him on it if possible as I don't want withdrawal to affect his mood. It will depend on the next round of echocardiogram and ECG results as to what is advised.
