Guest guest Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 ---Hi , first off Im glad you got some time with your daddy.I would suggest firstoff getting him off the attivan, also getting him started immediately on razadine, aricept or exallon, my mom is on aricept, also namenda along with one of these.I like the seroquel at night, that is good.Not sure of some of the other you mentioned.Hope this helps. Ron In LBDcaregivers , June Christensen wrote: > > : Not being a pharmacist, I just had a couple > of questions. Why is he on both Synthroid and > levothyroxine? Aren't they the same thing? Also > wondered what micarbis and therazsin are. Is he not > on Aricept/Excelon/Razadyne any one of these in > conjunction with Namenda, which is the general > treatment for LBD? I'm not sure if you've written > before, but generally Ativan isn't too good for LBD. > > Is his doctor a neurologist, psychiatrist, or a GP? > > Just curious!! > > June > > --- Austin wrote: > > > I stayed with my Daddy Saturday. I made a list of > > his > > pills: > > Morning---1 micarbis 40 mg. > > 1 terazsin 10 mg. > > 1 Synthroid 0137 > > 1 atenolo 50 mg. > > 1 levothyroxine 25 mg. > > 1 depakote 500 mg. > > > > Noon > > 1 Seroquel 50 mg. > > > > Night > > 1 neurontin 100 mg. > > 1 ativan 1 mg. > > 1 seroquel 250 mg. > > 2 depakotes 500 mg > > > > > > He has been taking these pill for almost a month. He > > has good days and bad days. My Mama had to call the > > police to pick him up and bring him home this past > > week. He stole the car keys and left. It is a small > > town--the police didn't ticket him. > > > > My Daddy is a big muscular man and my Mama(his > > caregiver) is very small. She is having a difficult > > time with him. He has terrible hallucinations. > > > > He has a primary care doctor and neurologist. His > > main > > doctor is the first to identify lbd! > > > > > > I NEED ALL ADVICE AND SUGGESTIONS ON THIS JOURNEY! > > I already miss my Daddy because he is gone! > > (Daddy calls me JuJu) > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ ______________ > > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > > > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php? category=shopping > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ ______________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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