Donamem 5 Tablet Health Feed

You need to be thoroughly evaluated for cognitive deficits, Has MRI brain been taken. The psychiatrist must have treated you long to arrive at this combination, so discuss with him/ her the problems you have, am sure he/ she will be able to address them as well. Good luck.

Hi lybrate-user, one of the side effects of donepezil is hyponatremia, reduced pulse rate, urinary retention. There are other medications with less of these side effects.

Sleeplessness, loss of appetite, drowsiness, dizziness, muscles cramps, tremor, itching in skin, nausea etc are some side effects of donepezil. You can consult me at Lybrate for homoeopathic treatment and further guidance.

Any change in the Medicine should always be done with the Consult with the doctor who prescribed it...
Never do it self... It can cause major side effects..

It is does not seem like side effects of memantine, it could be onset of some new illness. Memantine is in fact give in patients of dementia to improve cognitions. Please consult a psychiatrist nearby.

Der Dileep,
Sorry to hear your father, Maths teacher, has dementia.
The behavioral problems are not tolerated by the family members. If you start attending the family members' group, you will understand why your father gets angry and leaves home. If the family understands his present level of memory and accepts it as such, behaviour of your father will change. If you people point out accusingly or treat him as though he does it purposely, it will worsen.
Donepezil is helpful in reduc...more

Dear Ashok,
i can understand the problem of living with a mother who is dementing. Dementia causes sleep problems. A person with dementia may sleep during the day and not at night. But giving sleeping tablets cause problems of falls. Any fall can cause fracture of hip joint at postmenopausal age. So it is better to avoid sedatives.
WHO is concerned about the care takers burn out when they continuously live with your mother. So the care taker, may be you or your wife or sister or a paid ...more

Dementia is progressive detoriation of brain. Which causes various behavioural and psychological symptoms along with memory impairment. The medicines in dementia are usually given to control these syptoms. But unfortunately we don't have anything which can reverse or cure the problem. For adjustment of medicine meet your psychiatrist at specified intervals.

In your Grandfather's condition, Donamem is a good medicine. And continue it as advised by your doctor. Keeping in mind his age, get a detailed medical check up from time to time to rule out other illnesses that come up with age. Also maintain a healthy lifestyle for him with regular physical activity & a balanced diet. And above all most important maintain a healthy positive environment around him with care & support of near ones.

Dear Ashok,
It is difficult to live with dementia. For you it is difficult to see her without talking or overtalking. At the age of 81 years most of her systems work less efficiently. You have to learn to use trial and error method to adjust drugs's dose.
For the time being, please continue Donamem. Try and stop Sizodon. Manage her with trika. If she is hyper, give her again Sizodon 0.5 mg once a day, probably at night when you don't want her to be hyper.
Please check any other medic...more