ARICEPT Reviews (DONEPEZIL HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 1.7 (210 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ARICEPT with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ARICEPT | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | diagnosed allzheimers | Mild halucinating bad dreams.not feeling myself in general. | F | 74 | 1 weeks 10 | 3/25/2015 | 1 | my mother was diagnosed with alzeim | she stopped talkling | I know the aricept did this because she developed a bladder infection that required her to be taken off the drug, and then she started talking again. I wish I had known at the time how much this would interfere with her life.... | F | 70 | 3 years 10 1X day | 3/11/2015 | 1 | memory loss | Nasal drianage for 6 mos. | F | 69 | 6 months 5 mg | 1/28/2015 | 1 | dementia | Family doctor put me on 5mg Aricept (my request-memory problems due to traumatic brain injury 5 years ago). Now MRI shows dementia. Last week began 10mg Aricept. After 2 days of the 10mg - I had a traumatic episode the second day where I thought I had picked up rent money from a unit I own. Then I couldn't find the money...looked everywhere. Guess what? I never picked up the money. But I was sure I did. Will deal with the memory problems without drugs after that episode. | F | 60 | 2 days 10mg 1X day | 8/11/2014 | 1 | dementia due to mini strokes | My father in law sweetest man you could ever meet he began having some memory lost we took him to doctor after some test they said he had mini strokes so they put him on aricept. .Aggressive behavior, memory completely gone. Within the first 2months of taking aricept, falling,didn't have any balance lost weight wouldn't eat had to make him drink. ...he has been off for 2 days talking....eating...laughing...this is a poison.. | M | 68 | 1 years 10 | 7/29/2014 | 5 | Sundowning; neuroborelliosis (Lyme) | Slightly lower blood pressure; slight nausea experienced during times of stress. Loss of weight, or difficulty gaining weight. Attribution to Aricept inferred. not solidly connected. | Have 'Alzheimer-like' sundowning symptoms with (as a result of?) late stage Lyme Disease. Aricept at 10mg. markedly reduced sundowning issues in frequency and intensity, but still have evening 'disconnect' issues. | F | 67 | 4 months 10 1X day | 6/24/2014 | 1 | Dementia | Extreme diarrhea, agitation, anger, nasty moods | M | 69 | 3 months 10 mg | 4/21/2014 | 2 | brother was diagnosed with dementia | My 53 year old brother was misdiagnosed with dementia and was taking aricept, what would this do to him since he was misdiagnosed????? Please sometime help me I can be reached at [email protected] | M | 53 | 1 years 50 | 4/14/2014 | 2 | Dementia | My father who died in May 2011 took this drug from September 2007 until 6 months before his death, which was due to a broken hip, not his stage 6 Alzheimer's. It was good at 1st but last 3 months before taking him off of it he would have violent outbursts at me and my mother who has Parkinsons. I would CAUTION ALL CARE GIVERS that if your patient becomes violent, take them off this drug. I believe his dementia had advanced so far it was not doing any good anymore. Once off the drug he was calm and compliant, no violent outbursts. | M | 90 | 4 years 1X day | 3/19/2014 | 1 | Right after my husband (with vascular dementia) had his dosage upped from 10 mg. he began having facial numbness, was confused weak, lethargic and had severe balance problems. | I stopped the aricept,, which seemed to anger the doctor, but he was having such a bad reaction to it I didn't think it was worth it. Neither did he. This doctor now wants him back on it and says he still thinks he has alzheimers, although the neurologist didn't seem to think so, nor our family practioner. I am at a loss as to what to do as this is one of the few doctors I can get him to see. He thinks all others are "quacks" due to his disease. | F | 74 | 20 mg 1X day | 11/2/2013 | 1 | Father's Dementia | Horrible, complete loss of short-term (i.e. 7 years) memory within 72 hours. Didn't know where he was, couldn't navigate any room of a very small house. Started demanding to "go home" when he's lived here for 7 years. Insomnia - up 30 hours straight. Emotionally agitated. Fell taking a shower. Stopped dosing and already 24 hours since last dose, showing marked improvement. | We were prescribed this drug to try and slow the decline in functioning and memory. I have no idea why on earth some people react so badly to this drug, but my father's experience was catastrophic. No way would ever allow him to take this drug again! | M | 83 | 3 days 5 mg 1X day | 10/31/2013 | 1 | Father dementia | His dementia worsened dramatically during the month he was on it. Hostile, combative, wandering - these symptoms did not start till on this drug. Had to take him to ER and they took him off right away. But the damage is done. | My father was soooo much better on no medication, except his blood pressure drugs. Start giving these type drugs and you will wish you hadn't. | M | 80 | 30 days 30 to 60mg 1X day | 10/29/2013 | 1 | dementia | Mother is 88 has been taking for 2 months. seeing cats in her room while sleeping, people who arent there, knocked over dressers(not), staring at the wall, stopping it tonight so we will see tomorrow. today she was in a total blur all day. called me names I never knew was in her christian language. | F | 43 | 2 months 5 1X day | 11/30/2012 | 1 | loss of memory | F | 87 | 20 days 10 1X day | 10/2/2012 | 2 | People please read this, My pop who lives with me the last 5 years, was diagnosed with parksion's, he allegedly now has mild dementia, well people pay attention some drugs such as carbidopa can cause dementia like symptoms, pay attention due your homework! Anyhow, he was on 5 mg of aricept for 30 days which he was fine on 10mg he became angry hositle yelling which never was his temperment.. SO I knocked it back down to 5mg he became worse, more frequent episodes with aggression. SO I stopped the drug. We shall see.. It's not a ""ONE SIZE FITS ALL"" Some of his current meds can cause dementia like symptoms.. Please people read read read make sure you know your loved one's med's not just what they treat, but more importantly what Underlying symptoms they may cause.... This is a prime example. No wonder there is a stagering alarming amount of seniors in nursing homes.. Hello, this is why they become so darn dependant on drugs then they become a totally differe | M | 85 | 45 days 5mg 1X day | 9/18/2012 | 1 | Grandma took it | Died | Died | F | 80 | 30 days 5 1X day | 8/11/2012 | 1 | short term memory loss | My daddy just past away last week. He went to the hospital for malnutrition and dehydration and ended up w other problems like fluid in his lungs and heart. We didn't know at the time because I swore he would never b on dementia meds. Again. Doctors prescribed it again and he had delirium for 5 days not sleeping 24/7 then we found out they put him on it again. He slept and women up normal. But there is a malpractice case due to numerous mistakes being made. In a nut shell. My dad would have never stopped eating and walking if it weren't for this drug. | M | 61 | 3 weeks 5 mg | 8/10/2012 | 2 | Dementia or Alzheimer's | My husband was prescribed Aricept probably five years ago. He has had garbled speech, many times unable to complete a thought or sentence. He has had extreme stomach pains on occasions. Told his primary care physician about this, and she didn't seem to know the cause. After reading comments on here, am wondering if it is caused by the Aricept. He would sit at times and just stare at the floor (or nothing). If he knew someone was coming to visit (even family members), he would say he would leave because he didn't know them. His appetite has dwindled, especially at home, although he eats well most of the time when we eat out. He has become irrational and has told me that some men had told him some things about me, like I was out partying or even worse, and he would ask me if I was. Always wanting to go "home to Buffalo," even started for the door one night to go, even said he would walk there. We live in Indiana. Attempted to use a sledgehammer to break the patio door | M | 79 | 10 mg. 1X day | 3/7/2012 | 1 | poor short term memory, | This drug was prescribed to my 83 year old mother. We did not know that she was suffering from dimentia caused by slight strokes. The medicine caused her to loose control of her bowel and her apathy and ability to comunicate declined. She died of a heart attack 6 months after starting this drug. Very sudden death and we did know she had heart problems. She had begun seeing a geriatric speacilist who prescribed this medicine. | This is a very dangerous drug. I would rather know mama died of natural causes but I know this drug causes heart attacks in people with vascular dimentia. I would rather be safe than sorry. People want to beleive it works but it doesn't from my experience and many other people as well. I think this drug hurt my mother and hastened her death. | F | 83 | 6 months 10 1X day | 3/3/2012 | 1 | altzheimers | For my wife 64y old: waking up not knowing where she was and terrifying dreams , bizarre in nature. Withdrawn and inattentive. Stomach problems. Coming off it | F | 64 | 5 days 5 1X day | 2/12/2012 |