What is Donepezil?
Donezpil hydrochloride is an aceytlcholineserase inhibitor used in the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease. It is considered a potentially useful treatment for other neurological conditions including ALS.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Memory problems | 13 |
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4 | |||
| Other | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Treat Parkinson's | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Assistive communication | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
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Patient Evaluations
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- bandido1
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: moderate
- Chest: mild
- Legs: mild
- See profile
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- bandido1
- 10 mg daily
- since May 05, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Memory problems
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- planton
- Sex: M
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: mild
- Chest: mild
- Legs: mild
- See profile
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- planton
- 5 mg daily
- since Nov 17, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Memory problems
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips Titrated up from 5 mg/day for 4 weeks; my memory issues haven't been quite as worrisome since starting, but taking it mid-afternoon makes me drowsy... See full evaluation
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Report created on November 21, 2009.