Hi All,
I wrote (at the end of April) about my concerns with my Mum being given Diazapam. An update on this was that one of the doctor's from the Practice had decided to re-introduce Diazapam again for Mum without realising that she could not tolerate it. The doctor in question has owned up to giving this to mum and it being put onto her medical notes.
The outcome of this has been that Mum was then taken off Diazapam and her records noted that she was not to be given it. She was then put on to Lorazepam low dosage and it certainly seemed to help for most of the time, but she has still been having very agitated and anxious nights where she has been trying to get out of the Care home,
The latest news now is that the consultant from the Memory Team has suggested that mum is taken off Aricept as he feels it is stimulating the brain too much. I am obviously very nervous about this change as she has been fine on Aricept for six years. He doesn't want to increase the Lorazepam, which I am relieved about as she so sleepy all the time now. (Mum is almost 99!)
I have been told that they will monitor Mum for a week or so after gradually weaning her off the Aricept, and if there is still a problem they can try her with memantine. Has anyone got any thoughts or experiences about Memantine and taking Mum off Aricept?
Thanks for reading, and your comments would be very much appreciated.
Pauline
I wrote (at the end of April) about my concerns with my Mum being given Diazapam. An update on this was that one of the doctor's from the Practice had decided to re-introduce Diazapam again for Mum without realising that she could not tolerate it. The doctor in question has owned up to giving this to mum and it being put onto her medical notes.
The outcome of this has been that Mum was then taken off Diazapam and her records noted that she was not to be given it. She was then put on to Lorazepam low dosage and it certainly seemed to help for most of the time, but she has still been having very agitated and anxious nights where she has been trying to get out of the Care home,
The latest news now is that the consultant from the Memory Team has suggested that mum is taken off Aricept as he feels it is stimulating the brain too much. I am obviously very nervous about this change as she has been fine on Aricept for six years. He doesn't want to increase the Lorazepam, which I am relieved about as she so sleepy all the time now. (Mum is almost 99!)
I have been told that they will monitor Mum for a week or so after gradually weaning her off the Aricept, and if there is still a problem they can try her with memantine. Has anyone got any thoughts or experiences about Memantine and taking Mum off Aricept?
Thanks for reading, and your comments would be very much appreciated.
Pauline