Guest guest Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 I'd say a doctor should tell him to stop drinking alcohol. IMHO. And then you'll know if it's the alcohol or the medication... > > I know that some of you have responded to me about my question > regarding meds reduction. Some say it was a good thing for your LO > to be taken off of Sinemet and Seroquel. Can you go into more > detail? If my FIL is taken completely off the Sinemet, sounds like > his confusion might improve, but what about his freezing, rigidity, > and falling episodes? Will he be able to get around any better than > he is now? Of course, as my MIL pointed out during the drs. visit, > she can't really tell a difference between his on and off times. > Would that indicate that the medication isn't doing its thing? > Someone also posted about how you should avoid alchohol while on > Seroquel. Well, my FIL drinks 7 or more alcoholic drinks per week. > In fact, right after his appointment on Tues., we all went out for > lunch and he ordered a 16 oz. margarita! We had one heck of a time > getting him up from his seat after we were finished with lunch. > When we were driving home in the car, he nodded off and went to > sleep for several minutes. When we got in my house, he layed down > in the bedroom and went to sleep. After my MIL woke him up and he > started walking towards the garage is when he fell into the garbage > can. Could this be due to the interaction of Seroquel with the > alcohol or is it just the way of the disease? As I mentioned > before, he falls anywhere from 5-16 times a day. > > Jan, I know that you mentioned your husband has never done well with > subracting 7 from 100 and continuing backwards. If my FIL was able > to do that, is it indicative of anything? What about the fact that > he didn't know the correct year, month, or day? Just curious. > > Thanks! > April > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2006 Report Share Posted April 28, 2006 HI April, We decided to start reducing and then eventually removing mom from Seroquel and Sinemet the further into this disease she got. Also, mom sweated a lot and had what appeared to be panic/anxiety attacks and both drugs have this side effect. We slowly took mom off the drugs. As for seroquel, if your LO isn't having bad hallucinations then I wouldn't bother giving it to them as this is just one more drug to mix in with the soup. We gave mom seroquel to see if it would calm her and it did - too much so she was on a very low dose. As for the sinemet, I continued to give it to her even after she wasn't able to walk on her own as she was able to walk with assistance. Once we needed to use the lift to get her up and about we got rid of the sinemet. Hope this helps. Courage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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