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What do patients take to treat Lewy Body Disease and its symptoms?

Commonly prescribed and frequently used treatments

Treatment name	Efficacy	Overall rating of side effects	# of Evaluations
Donepezil (Aricept ODT, Aricept)	0 (0%) experienced major efficacy 0 (0%) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (0%) experienced slight efficacy 0 (0%) experienced no efficacy 1 (100%) could not tell	0 (0%) experienced severe side effects 0 (0%) experienced moderate side effects 1 (100%) experienced mild side effects 0 (0%) experienced no side effects	1
Olanzapine (Teva Olanzapine, Novo-Olanzapine, Zyprexa Zydis, Zyprexa)	0 (NaN) experienced major efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced slight efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced no efficacy 0 (NaN) could not tell	0 (NaN) experienced severe side effects 0 (NaN) experienced moderate side effects 0 (NaN) experienced mild side effects 0 (NaN) experienced no side effects	0
Rivastigmine (Exelon Patch, Exelon)	0 (NaN) experienced major efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced slight efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced no efficacy 0 (NaN) could not tell	0 (NaN) experienced severe side effects 0 (NaN) experienced moderate side effects 0 (NaN) experienced mild side effects 0 (NaN) experienced no side effects	0
Galantamine (Razadyne, Razadyne ER)	0 (NaN) experienced major efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced slight efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced no efficacy 0 (NaN) could not tell	0 (NaN) experienced severe side effects 0 (NaN) experienced moderate side effects 0 (NaN) experienced mild side effects 0 (NaN) experienced no side effects	0
Risperidone (Risperdal Quicklets, Buzon, Arketin, Apo-Risperidone)	0 (NaN) experienced major efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced slight efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced no efficacy 0 (NaN) could not tell	0 (NaN) experienced severe side effects 0 (NaN) experienced moderate side effects 0 (NaN) experienced mild side effects 0 (NaN) experienced no side effects	0
Lorazepam (Sandoz Lorazepam, Lorenin, Temesta, Orfidal)	0 (NaN) experienced major efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced slight efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced no efficacy 0 (NaN) could not tell	0 (NaN) experienced severe side effects 0 (NaN) experienced moderate side effects 0 (NaN) experienced mild side effects 0 (NaN) experienced no side effects	0
Quetiapine (Cobalt-Quetiapine, Qusel, Ketipinor, Ratio-Quetiapine)	0 (NaN) experienced major efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced slight efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced no efficacy 0 (NaN) could not tell	0 (NaN) experienced severe side effects 0 (NaN) experienced moderate side effects 0 (NaN) experienced mild side effects 0 (NaN) experienced no side effects	0
Sertraline (Eleva, Lustral, Tolrest, Daxid)	0 (NaN) experienced major efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced slight efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced no efficacy 0 (NaN) could not tell	0 (NaN) experienced severe side effects 0 (NaN) experienced moderate side effects 0 (NaN) experienced mild side effects 0 (NaN) experienced no side effects	0
Citalopram (APO-Citalopram, Citabax, Mylan Citalopram, Alcytan)	0 (NaN) experienced major efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced slight efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced no efficacy 0 (NaN) could not tell	0 (NaN) experienced severe side effects 0 (NaN) experienced moderate side effects 0 (NaN) experienced mild side effects 0 (NaN) experienced no side effects	0
Clonazepam (DOM-Clonazepam, Paxam, APO Clonazepam, Clonotril)	0 (NaN) experienced major efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced slight efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced no efficacy 0 (NaN) could not tell	0 (NaN) experienced severe side effects 0 (NaN) experienced moderate side effects 0 (NaN) experienced mild side effects 0 (NaN) experienced no side effects	0
Carbidopa-Levodopa (Sinemet Plus, Sinemet 12.5/50, Syndopa, Caramet CR)	0 (NaN) experienced major efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced moderate efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced slight efficacy 0 (NaN) experienced no efficacy 0 (NaN) could not tell	0 (NaN) experienced severe side effects 0 (NaN) experienced moderate side effects 0 (NaN) experienced mild side effects 0 (NaN) experienced no side effects	0

These charts show data from Lewy Body Disease patients' latest treatment evaluations

Who has Lewy Body Disease at PatientsLikeMe?

14 patients have this condition
1 New patient joined this month
12 say Lewy Body Disease is their primary condition

<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60-69	70+
Current Age
0 patients	0 patients	0 patients	0 patients	4 patients	1 patients	5 patients

Distribution of females vs. males
Gender
40%	Females
60%	Males

Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom	# of patients	Proportion
0-19 yrs	0	0
20-29 yrs	0	0
30-39 yrs	0	0
40-49 yrs	1	1
50-59 yrs	2	2
60-69 yrs	2	2
70+ yrs	1	1

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status	# of patients	Proportion
Diagnosed	8	8

These charts show data from Lewy Body Disease patients who have completed their condition history

Where do I talk to patients with Lewy Body Disease?

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