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Use this Journal (also called a Blog) to share your ongoing caregiving stories and updates with others. Your online journal or blog will help readers benefit from your experiences and life lessons. Tell us about your challenges, your insights, the tears, and the special moments.


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Title of Entry: When Alzheimers patients have Addictions
By joaniee on 10/25/2008 6:54 PM

What a surprise to find out "D" was drinking.  I had never seen her drink before, but the Fiduciary said it was likely true.  It made me feel as if I had been left out of the loop.
 
And now it began to fall into place about the sleeping meds and the constant "lack of sleep" and request for pills for sleep.
 
I just got off the internet search of all her meds:
 
1. Namenda
2. Aricept
3. Lipitor
4. Risterol sleep meds
 
Well it seems from the search that Aricept can cause insomnia in a low percentage of cases, and the 10 mg more likely to have that side effect than the 5 mg.  D is taking the 10mg, Lipitor seems Ok, and Namenda less likely than the Aricept.< ...
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This project was supported by grant number 5R44CA097592-03 from NIH (National Cancer Institute). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH (National Cancer Institute).