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Memantine Treatment Report
Brand Names:
Namenda, Ebixa, Alzant
What is Memantine?
Memantine is the first in a novel class of Alzheimer's disease medications acting on the glutamatergic system. It is also being tested for use as a cognitive enhancer in a variety of other conditions.
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| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Slow my ALS progress | 15 | 22% |
| Other | 12 | 17% |
| Memory problems | 5 | 7% |
| Brain fog | 4 | 5% |
| Emotional lability | 2 | 2% |
| Pain | 2 | 2% |
| Cognition | 2 | 2% |
| Stiffness/Spasticity | 2 | 2% |
| Treat my PSP | 2 | 2% |
| Migraine | 1 | 1% |
| Memory Loss | 1 | 1% |
| occipital neuralgia | 1 | 1% |
| Dementia | 1 | 1% |
| Vision | 1 | 1% |
| visual migraine | 1 | 1% |
| brain fog, cognition, and s/t memory loss | 1 | 1% |
| don't know | 1 | 1% |
| Short term memory problems | 1 | 1% |
| Loss of short term memory | 1 | 1% |
Other treatments patients are taking for Slow my ALS progress include Riluzole, CoQ10 Coenzyme Q10, and Lithium Carbonate.
Dosages
Based on the patients currently taking Memantine.
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Memantine or how long patients were taking Memantine before stopping.
Currently Taking Memantine
Stopped Taking Memantine
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 10 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 100% | 2 |
|---|
Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 10% | 1 |
| Mild | 10% | 1 |
| None | 80% | 8 |
Top reported side-effects include: Vivid dreams, Metallic taste in mouth
Summary results are based on 10 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 10)
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- too young!
- Sex: F
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: severe
- Chest: moderate
- Legs: severe
- See profile
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by too young!
Nov 07, 2009
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Slow my ALS progress
- Advice/Tips
- has slowed progression and significantly decreased my shortness of breath through out the day, which in turn has increased my energy level. best med yet
- See full evaluation
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Report created on November 08, 2009.