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Reviewer: 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Caregiver)
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My father takes 10 mg of namenda and is on final stage of Alzheimer's. He has been taking it for over a year. We could not be any happier. We are three sisters and a brother and he remembers all of our names and grandkits' names too.
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Reviewer: FATIGUEzvwa73, 75 or over Male on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)
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The generic form of Namenda sent me to the hospital via ambulance, they couldn't figure out what was wrong, 2 more trips to Drs, same diagnosis. Finally looked at side effects of Namenda and had almost every one of them,stopped it immediately if had continued â??would not be alive.
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Reviewer: Amy, 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Caregiver)
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My 88-year-old father has had vascular dementia for years, but it's gotten much worse in recent months, accompanied by reduplicative paramnesia and Capgras syndrome. He started on small dosage of Namenda 3 wks ago and started getting better right away with dramatic improvement in last few days. Much greater clarity of thought and even better memory although that was not one of the advertised b
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Reviewer: Effy, 65-74 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Caregiver)
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I want to write this review in the hopes that it helps someone else. My Mother suffers from Lewy Body Dementia. Out of nowhere she one day got into the car and started driving and the police found her three hours away. We knew something wasn't quite right before but that was the beginning of our real battle with dementia. Since that event her cognitive ability declined immediately and she
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Reviewer: 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Caregiver)
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My dad has only been on 5mg nameneda at night for a week, with this being the first day I increased it to 2x a day. He seems more calm and like his former self when he's awake, but he just wants to sleep. I gave him a pill at 11 am (his first am pill)and he has only been awake long enough to eat one meal and go to the bathroom. Even when he was taking only the night pill he wanted to sleep all
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