Mil was prescribed memantine, a few months ago, starting on a dose of 5mg, which has gradually been increased. She is now on 15mg, and we've been told that at this dose, she must now stop taking the donepezil, which she has been prescribed since diagnosis, well over 4 years ago.
Can anyone tell me, what if any, impact stopping the donepezil may have on her? I know both it and memantine are given to help with the symptoms of dementia, and since she has been on the memantine, although we still get bad phases of sundowning and agitation, they tend to last just for a couple of days, and in between we can get up to 10 days of her being relatively 'calm', by comparison. I guess I'm concerned that with the donepezil stopping we may get more agitation, and I'm also concrned that the progression of the illness might speed up even more
Thanks
Can anyone tell me, what if any, impact stopping the donepezil may have on her? I know both it and memantine are given to help with the symptoms of dementia, and since she has been on the memantine, although we still get bad phases of sundowning and agitation, they tend to last just for a couple of days, and in between we can get up to 10 days of her being relatively 'calm', by comparison. I guess I'm concerned that with the donepezil stopping we may get more agitation, and I'm also concrned that the progression of the illness might speed up even more
Thanks