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Are there benefits of Xanax use by person with dementia?
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ATof3kids
Answered Mar 2018
My Mother's doctor has her on Morphine and I'm afraid it's too high of a dose?
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Midkid58
Answered Mar 2016
I found a few days worth of both parents meds wrapped up in tissue, hidden!! I organize their pill boxes. How to approach this situation?
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Parise
Answered Oct 2019
Really need advice on how to get mom to eat and take her medicine for dementia, she flat out refuses to cooperate with us at all.
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jan135
Answered May 2019
Doctor unresponsive. Any ideas?
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KristineB
Answered Jul 2021
Sibling accusing me of overmedicating Mom. Any advice?
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My mother (see the Doppelganger thread in the Alzheimer's category) is now taking her meds. There are dosage and potency issues. Any advice?
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BarbBrooklyn
Replied Jul 2018
UTI or dementia?
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lablover64
Answered Aug 2018
My husband with FTD pounds violently on faces of people pictured in photos or on tv, and now, on own reflection in mirrors! How to deal??
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disgustedtoo
Replied Feb 2021
Help with medicine control?
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Ipromised
Answered Jun 2019
Mom in despair with Shingles pain. Any recommendations? All are needed and welcomed!
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Jojokatz
Replied Apr 2021
How do you find a GOOD memory care facility/ nursing home?
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Familyslave
Answered Jun 2019
As an 80-yr-old that has just been put on hospice care, I do not want morphine. What is good for extreme pain?
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ElizabethAR37
Replied Jul 6, 2023
Is it normal to be so nervous about my first therapist appointment? Can I really tell him how I feel?
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Helping77
Replied Nov 2018
At age 93 we stopped most of my father's meds because he was declining rapidly. Within days he is more alert and is eating more...normal?
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Heather10
Answered Dec 2018
My painkilling medication is no longer available. What are my options?
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moecam
Answered Aug 2017
Recovering from anesthesia; we're not seeing improvement as fast as we thought we'd see. Any thoughts?
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partsmom
Answered Apr 2018
Has anyone heard of Namenda causing aggression in a patient?
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anonymous144432
Answered Jun 2016
What medication is best for anxiety that happens mostly in evenings, maybe sundowning?
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RosemaryB
Answered Feb 2018
How to deal with difficult mother???
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Lockett2166
Answered Dec 2020
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