Re: Need advice

["Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD" <fivstar@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

JDalby5@xxxxxxx wrote:
>=20
> My mother has fallen in the nursing home and broken her hip.  I am conc=
erned about drug
> interactions.  They are giving her Darvocet for pain.  Will that make h=
er
> dementia worse?  She is presently on Sinemet, Sinemet CR, Permax, Amant=
adine,
> and Trazodone. (She also takes Synthroid, Colace and Vitamin E.) ------=
------------------------

Pam,
Here's a report on the drugs you listed, please let me know if this is=20
of any help to you --


=9AAcetaminophen (Tylenol=AE)
=9AAmantadine (Symmetrel=AE)
=9ADocusate (Colace=AE, Surfak=AE)
=9ALevodopa; Carbidopa (Sinemet=AE)
=9ALevothyroxine (Synthroid=AE, Levothroid=AE, Levoxyl=AE)
=9APergolide (Permax=AE)
=9ATrazodone (Desyrel=AE)

6 of these drugs may cause:
=95nausea/vomiting (acetaminophen; amantadine; levodopa/carbidopa;=20
levothyroxine; pergolide; trazodone)

4 of these drugs may cause:
=95diarrhea (amantadine; docusate; levothyroxine; pergolide)
=95orthostatic hypotension (amantadine; levodopa/carbidopa; pergolide;=20
trazodone)

3 of these drugs may cause:
=95abdominal pain (acetaminophen; docusate; pergolide)
=95anorexia (amantadine; levodopa/carbidopa; levothyroxine)
=95dizziness (amantadine; pergolide; trazodone)
=95drowsiness (amantadine; pergolide; trazodone)
=95headache (amantadine; levothyroxine; trazodone)
=95insomnia (amantadine; levothyroxine; pergolide)
=95tremor (levodopa/carbidopa; levothyroxine; trazodone)
=95weight loss (levodopa/carbidopa; levothyroxine; pergolide)
=95xerostomia (amantadine; pergolide; trazodone)

2 of these drugs may cause:
=95anxiety (amantadine; pergolide)
=95ataxia (amantadine; levodopa/carbidopa)
=95constipation (amantadine; pergolide)
=95dystonia (levodopa/carbidopa; pergolide)
=95fatigue (amantadine; trazodone)
=95fever (levothyroxine; pergolide)
=95hallucinations (amantadine; pergolide)
=95heart failure (amantadine; levothyroxine)
=95hypertension (levodopa/carbidopa; pergolide)
=95hypotension (pergolide; trazodone)
=95involuntary movements (levodopa/carbidopa; pergolide)
=95irritability (amantadine; levothyroxine)
=95leukopenia (acetaminophen; levodopa/carbidopa)
=95neuroleptic malignant syndrome (amantadine; levodopa/carbidopa)
=95palpitations (levothyroxine; pergolide)
=95psychosis (levodopa/carbidopa; pergolide)
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Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD
Editor-in-Chief,
"Spotlight on Food--nutrition news for people 60-plus"
Tel: 970-493-6532   Fax: 970-493-6538=20

You may wish to contact:
Better Business Bureau of the Mountain States,
< msbbb@xxxxxxx>
for further information.