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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Alzheimer's / May 2004Quit Namenda???
My mother has been on Namenda for two months now and for Aricept for over a year now. The Namenda is a huge disappointment for me. Before Namenda she was still washing her clothes in the bathroom sink. She would hang them up to dry. Now she has quit and says she will wash them when she gets back home (where she lives with her 120 year old parents in the year 1937). She is asking more inappropriate questions now, like "where is my car, did my sister take it". She of course has no car and her sister is dead. I hesistate to stop the Namenda because I worry that doing so could hasten the deterioration of her mind, but it certainly seems to be making things worse. What should I do? > My mother has been on Namenda for two months now and for Aricept for over a > year now. The Namenda is a huge disappointment for me. Before Namenda she [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > deterioration of her mind, but it certainly seems to be making things worse. > What should I do? Jason, you aren't the first person to come here expressing disappointment with Namenda's effects on their loved one. Everyone is different and no medication is perfect for everybody. If the medication is not helping her, I don't see any reason why (with your doctor's knowledge and cooperation) you couldn't try going without it for a couple of weeks, and if necessary, starting it up all over again if the results were not any better without it. But notice that I said you needed to check with your doctor about such adjustments. Another person here has also reported that there was more argumentative and difficult behavior with Namenda than without it. It was one of the reasons I decided not to ask for it, as my mother in law was already on so many different medications, and difficult behavior was the last thing we needed on our plate. My mother in law is doing well right now (in a local nursing home), and she is pretty much on the same meds she has had all along.  SignatureRegards, Evelyn Have you heard of the NO-CARB Diet for 2004? NO C-heney NO A-shcroft NO R-umsfeld NO B-ush (to reply to me personally, remove 'sox") Thats good. I like the no-carb idea. I had never voted for a democrat before 1998 and I voted for gore in 2000 because I wanted to vote against bush. I am more proud of that vote than any other I have ever made. Although I despised democrats during the 1970's I plan to volunteer my efforts to support Kerry this fall. The impeachment of clinton was a mockery of the constitution. The attack on iraq was assinine, 15 of the highjackers were saudis and none were iraqis. The idea of having female guards supervising naked male prisoners at abu gharib was just another one of the 400 billion consequences of having a man with a double digit IQ trying to do a job that was designed for someone with a triple digit IQ. The thing I hate most about bush is his choice of attorney general. I was so happy to see that the Ninth Circuit made Asscroft a fool that I wanted to celebrate. I think bush should withdraw his candidacy and enlist in the army so he could do what he really wants to do, become a prison guard in iraq. > > My mother has been on Namenda for two months now and for Aricept for over > a [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > My mother in law is doing well right now (in a local nursing home), and she > is pretty much on the same meds she has had all along. Go find the bitch about bush news group. This is for alzheimers. > Thats good. I like the no-carb idea. I had never voted for a democrat > before 1998 and I voted for gore in 2000 because I wanted to vote against [quoted text clipped - 55 lines] > she > > is pretty much on the same meds she has had all along. > Go find the bitch about bush news group. > This is for alzheimers. ================================== If you're going to complain...why not mention the signature that prompted the reply? IMHO *all* agendas not specifically relative to AD should be left out of this ng but afterall...this is usenet, isn't it? SignatureJohn Inzer return e-mail disabled > Thats good. I like the no-carb idea. I had never voted for a democrat > before 1998 and I voted for gore in 2000 because I wanted to vote against [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > army so he could do what he really wants to do, become a prison guard in > iraq. Hi Jason, We are in complete agreement. The nightmare is only beginning that Bush and co. has stirred up. Only it would be better not to discuss politics here in any detail. Leaving my sentiments in a signature line is about as far as I would go. Anything off topic should be marked "OT" clearly, (note that I have added that above). I post on three newsgroups, and in two of them, my signature line is OK, and others have even picked up the same line too. Sometimes I snip it off when replying here, but I leave it if my posting is on topic for the group. SignatureRegards, Evelyn Have you heard of the NO-CARB Diet for 2004? NO C-heney NO A-shcroft NO R-umsfeld NO B-ush (to reply to me personally, remove 'sox") Personally I have just learned to ignore sig lines as if they were more of the header garble. If they bother you and you respond, you just stir up more conversation on a topic that bothers you -- what's the point in that? I have enough stressors in my life without looking for them in sig lines ... Songbird off to the beach for a little de-stressing (though with two pre-school nephews -- could have its own challenges!) > > Thats good. I like the no-carb idea. I had never voted for a democrat > > before 1998 and I voted for gore in 2000 because I wanted to vote against [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > others have even picked up the same line too. Sometimes I snip it off when > replying here, but I leave it if my posting is on topic for the group. >My mother has been on Namenda for two months now and for Aricept for over a >year now. The Namenda is a huge disappointment for me. Before Namenda she [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >deterioration of her mind, but it certainly seems to be making things worse. >What should I do? Talk to your doctor. It's difficult to say whether the Namenda made matters worse (as has happened with other LO's) or whether it was the 'natural' progression of the disease. Taking her off the medication may result in a return to pre-Namenda functionality or not. If you decide to take her off, perhaps it can be washed out over a period of time by following the opposite of the titration schedule. (i.e., if she's at 20mg/day, slowly taper it off over one or two weeks). Darryl. My moms doctor did not have me taper it down at all.And she was ok with that.It did not have any bad affects.But my mom is sooo much better w/o it.She was on 20 mgs.Barb My husband is on the Aricept/Namenda duo. (about 3 mos)) I think it is helping---but really can not swear to this...because, I feel we all hold onto hope. My hope is that it will hold back incontinence. Any amount of time added to staving off incontinence is worth a shot in my estimation. Should any added benefits occur, well so be it. I, too, would say perhaps another Dr might be more amenable to your request. It's tough to find a Dr who will listen. Perhaps attending an Alz support group in your area would be rewarded with the name of a Dr from someone there who understands your dilemma Florence Jason, I'm one of the ones who was very disappointed in the Namenda. George, my husband, was doing great with the Axura I was getting him from Zurich. For some reason, even though they're supposed to be the same, the Namenda did not do any good. He started deteriorating rapidly. I put him back on the Axura and he started improving again. Unfortunately, other issues are now causing his decline. I don't know how long he's going to last now. But the point is tha Namenda did not help him. I'd talk to the doctor again and see if it would be okay to try your mom without the Namenda for a while. Mary K > My mother has been on Namenda for two months now and for Aricept for over a > year now. The Namenda is a huge disappointment for me. Before Namenda she > was still washing her clothes in the bathroom sink. She would hang them up > to dry. Now she has quit and says she will wash them when she gets back > home (where she lives with her 120 year old parents in the year 1937). She > is asking more inappropriate questions now, like "where is my car, did my > sister take it". She of course has no car and her sister is dead. I > hesistate to stop the Namenda because I worry that doing so could hasten the > deterioration of her mind, but it certainly seems to be making things worse. > What should I do? > > |
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