Hiya
My uncles psyhciatrist has suggested that he is no longer ' in the category' for receiveing Aricept as he does not beleive it will benefit him further now the dementia is progressing into he later stages. He has had a mini mental test and scored reasonably according to the nurse on duty, the psychiatrist is goign to compare his results to see when is a good time to take my uncle off the drug. I'm worried that originally, he was very violent and aggressive- if this is the dementia slowing drug will he suddenly become much worse? does anybody know anymore about this or what happens next? We don't have any expereince of this so are a bit lost . It was suggested that the drug was too expensive to provide if its not definatley successful- this breaks my heart that money and budgets could be preventing the treatment my uncle needs.
thank you, sorry for such a jumbled post, im not really sure whats going on, everything is happening so quickly again i just wondered if anyone else has been through a similar situation?
thanks xxxx
xx
My uncles psyhciatrist has suggested that he is no longer ' in the category' for receiveing Aricept as he does not beleive it will benefit him further now the dementia is progressing into he later stages. He has had a mini mental test and scored reasonably according to the nurse on duty, the psychiatrist is goign to compare his results to see when is a good time to take my uncle off the drug. I'm worried that originally, he was very violent and aggressive- if this is the dementia slowing drug will he suddenly become much worse? does anybody know anymore about this or what happens next? We don't have any expereince of this so are a bit lost . It was suggested that the drug was too expensive to provide if its not definatley successful- this breaks my heart that money and budgets could be preventing the treatment my uncle needs.
thank you, sorry for such a jumbled post, im not really sure whats going on, everything is happening so quickly again i just wondered if anyone else has been through a similar situation?
thanks xxxx
xx