Suggestions and cautions on medications?

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Hello all,

I'm new on this list. For the past three years, my father has

had increasing signs of mental difficulty - short term memory loss

at first, and now serious confusion, delusions, and some Parkinsonian

symptoms... He's widowed, at home, has attendants for most of the

day and seems generally not unhappy. His neurologist is treating

him for " progressive dementia " but what I read about Alzheimer's

seemed different - some times he's fine, sometimes he's very

confused.

The New York Times Magazine had an article two Sundays ago,

suggesting that the condition Dickens describes for Scrooge was

from Lewy's Body Disease ...and the description was a very close

fit for the symptoms I've seen in Dad. When his neurologist

gets back after New Years, I'll see if he agrees.

What experiences have you had with medications? Dad currently

takes Razadyne ER (24mg per day) and Namenda (10 mg twice a day)

for the mental problems. He also takes Vesicare (10 mg) and Flomax

(.8mg) for urinary frequency, Lexapro (10 mg twice a day) for

depression, and Astelin (137 mcg) for chronic nasal drip which

is probably caused by something else he's taking.

The descriptions of LBD suggest that patients are very sensitive

to medications, and I'd like to know which ones have caused problems

in your experience.

Best regards,

Ann