Aricept Safety?

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riting on behalf of a friend. His mum was diagnosed with Alzheimer's 3 months ago due to memory impairment. Shecwas still functioning however. Still cooking, cleaning etc. Since going on the meds he hasn't seen any improvent and now she is sleeping all the time.. Barely recognises he is there and can't remember events of ten minutes ago. He is wondering if the donepezil is actually helping and knows Alzheimer's is progressive but wonders if the quick decline could be medication related? Any advice appreciated. She ids on 10 mg a day. I know its hard to tell just wondering if anyone can advise as to whether the medication. Should have helped more or could be hindering? Thanks again.

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Unfortunately, only her doctor can answer these questions. Alzheimer's can rapidly decline, but all medications also cause side effects and nothing you've listed is unusual for this medication, according to NIH reports.

Is this the only medication she is currently taking? Has anything else changed? Is her dosage still the same?

Sadly, as of now, we can only try to slow the progression of this illness, we can't actually stop it altogether. I lost my grandmother to it years ago and it was horrible.

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Yes, Aricept can cause those problems. I wish they would take it off the market.

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