Re: Aricept

[Ken Becker <d010421c@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Carol, the Aricept sounds like something that could really help my dad.
If you have any new information, I would really apreciate hearing about
it, and I am sure it might be of interest to many on the list.  I hope
you get more  good  results for your mother.




[OO] LOOKING FOR RADIOS!
Ken Becker
d010421c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, Carol L. Brow wrote:

> Hello
>
> My name is Carol Brow and I take care of my mother,
> Mary Louise Brow, who is 87 years old and has both
> parkinsons and dementia.
>
> She has very little tremor but almost no balance and can
> not coordinate enough to feed herself or do much of
> anything. She takes sinemet which relaxes her muscles
> enough so that with me behind her holding her up,
> she can walk a few feet with tiny steps to get into or out
> of her wheel chair or into the bathroom or assist me in
> dressing her.
>
> On Monday she began taking Aricept, one 5 mg tablet
> per day. Within a half hour she was bright eyed, knew
> where she was and who we were. She carried on a normal
> conversation and when I got her up to walk she stepped
> right out with an almost normal stride.
>
> I still need to have a hold of her to walk but she carries her own weight
> and doesn't freeze in doorways or other narrow spaces.
>
> She picked up her cup and drank from it without assistance
> where before she might fumble for it and spill it or not be able
> to hold it because it was too heavy even though it was only 1/3
> full.
>
> This has kept up for three days. She is witty in conversation
> and can almost stand up by herself from a sitting position.
>
> Has anyone had experience with Aricept?
>
> Can it be given more than once a day? Why I ask is that she
> regresses by morning and that if she took one at bedtime it
> should carry her through the morning.
>
> I'm so pleased with the results that I encourage anyone with
> dementia to give Aricept a try.
>
> Carol Brow
> Lake Leelanau, MI and
> Winter Haven, FL
>