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LilyLavalle
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Eliquis.
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Riverdale
Answered Feb 14, 2024
Worried about potential l-dopa side effects for Mom. Any advice?
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NancyNJ
Replied Feb 13, 2024
Hello. My mom has dementia and sundowners. Is there any medication that can calm her down when she starts becoming agitated?
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Di1961
Replied Feb 12, 2024
My wife is on morphine for her pain. Will that keep her from selecting a designated payee and from signing herself into a senior care place?
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Grandma1954
Answered Feb 9, 2024
83 year old mom with NPD is having hallucinations, paranoia, major anxiety, nothing is working, now in a care home.
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How to handle my mother overmedicating my demented grandmother?
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Taarna
Answered Feb 7, 2024
How do I help my mother with terminal agitation?
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Msblcb
Replied Feb 7, 2024
Can't get husband, age 78, to take all meds. Left alone, he'll take about half of them. Any advice?
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MargaretMcKen
Replied Feb 2, 2024
Mom at nursing home combative. Thinking about psych consult for psych meds. Currently on Xanax. Hesitant. Any ideas?
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lealonnie1
Answered Jan 31, 2024
Wondering if anti-anxiety meds would help? I will ask the doctor tomorrow, but wondering what your experience is?
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lealonnie1
Answered Jan 29, 2024
Does anyone know about Depakote as a med to calm a dementia patient? My husband is on Depakote 125 mg 2x a day and Ativan as needed.
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agingmom123
Answered Jan 26, 2024
When do we call 911 and can we ask them to sedate her or something?
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lealonnie1
Replied Jan 16, 2024
Mom hip surgery and after effects.
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Beatty
Answered Jan 16, 2024
My LO has Parkinson's. He has very severe and adverse reactions to anti psychotic meds. He is now severely depressed. Any meds that work?
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MACinCT
Answered Jan 14, 2024
Managing meds.
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97yroldmom
Replied Jan 12, 2024
My 90 year old mother has a live-in home aide. She has dementia and hallucinations, but will not take meds. How can I get her to take meds?
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RLWG54
Answered Jan 9, 2024
My 75 year old mother has mdd, ocd and crippling anxiety it’s coming up to 1 year of this extreme episode. Need help!
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Sabs13
Replied Jan 8, 2024
My mom has Alzheimer’s and she is in SC now. She has some challenging behaviors. They placed her on the medication-Depakote. Is this common?
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Geaton777
Answered Jan 8, 2024
Solution for mom-in-law getting physically abusive.
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Grandma1954
Answered Jan 3, 2024
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