Turned up to see my mum this evening and a nurse told me, in passing, that the home's GP had decided to stop my mum's Aricept. The nurse couldn't say why because he wasn't around when the GP visited.
My mum has been on it for a long time and is on a sort of plateau. Still enjoying some quality of life, but very frail physically. Some medication she spits out vehemently because of the taste, but Aricept is not one of the offending pills. As far as I have managed to fathom, she always takes her Aricept.
My feeling is that the Aricept has helped her. Her decline, though stark has not been troubled with challenging behaviour. She has mostly been gentle and humourous. She is 93 and I don't see why this drug should be stopped all of a sudden. The nurse also said that apparently it doesn't need to be tapered off, it can just be stopped.
Does anyone else have experience of Aricept suddenly being stopped? I'd like to challenge this decision..
My mum has been on it for a long time and is on a sort of plateau. Still enjoying some quality of life, but very frail physically. Some medication she spits out vehemently because of the taste, but Aricept is not one of the offending pills. As far as I have managed to fathom, she always takes her Aricept.
My feeling is that the Aricept has helped her. Her decline, though stark has not been troubled with challenging behaviour. She has mostly been gentle and humourous. She is 93 and I don't see why this drug should be stopped all of a sudden. The nurse also said that apparently it doesn't need to be tapered off, it can just be stopped.
Does anyone else have experience of Aricept suddenly being stopped? I'd like to challenge this decision..