Re: Ann - Haldol

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Welcome Ann-

I see you have already had some replies. I wanted to add a website so you can

look up some of the drugs, if you want to. The drug site is:

Drugs.com

I looked up Haldol at the Drugs.com site and will include the link. Hopefully

it works.

Please be very careful using Haldol. There can be irreversible effects from

Haldol. This is the site/link:

http://www.drugs.com/pdr/haldol.html

All the best, much strength, and huge hugs-

Sandie

Des Moines, IA

dad, Merle, passed from LBD 9-20-02, age 65

mum, Jo (MIL, New Zealand) passed from LBD 4-29-07, age 78

-- " stonehuntr " wrote:

Thank you for your prompt reply. We have been to Semmes-Murphey (Dr.

Head) in already - that is where the dementia was diagnosed.

We had a return visit scheduled, but canceled it when my MIL was so

very weak - did not, at that time, think there was any reason to put

her through the ride and strenuous wheelchair-car transfers involved

plus the problem of eating a meal out. At that time, we did not know

about LBD.

We will call tomorrow and set up another appointment, though it will

probably be weeks before we can get her in. Will try to get the MD to

change from Haldol to, perhaps, Seroquel. She is taking Celexa and

Aricept now as well as Namenda. Dr. Head added the Namenda but did

not change the Haldol; I remember I asked about it because I had heard

from one of Mother's sitters, a nurse, about the " Haldol Stoop " that

she had seen in nursing home work, and I had noticed my MIL was not

standing as straight as she had back in the winter.

I will post here how things go with Dr. Head.

Thanks so much!

Ann

Thank you so much for the welcome and all the great links. I am

still perusing these as I have time. We made some progress yesterday

toward getting the house ready for my MIL to come home, but still

have a LONG way to go. She had her first (of two) cataract surgery

yesterday and at today's checkup was seeing 20/25 in the surgery eye.

At least something will be working when all this is over.

We are in northwest Tennessee (2 hours west of Nashville and 2.5 hours

northeast of Memphis; 1 hour from ). I would be interested in

any doctors at this end of the state (or anywhere bordering: western

KY (we are 1.5 hours south of Paducah), southeastern MO or eastern

AR) who understand LBD and how to diagnose and treat it.

Thank you for all the support and the opportunity to " vent " which is

so necessary for any caregivers.

Ann

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