Exelon is the only patch. There are medications that can be taken by mouth. I work at a health care facility and we continue to get the patches. Have you checked with other pharmacies?
Often she has had angry outbursts over the past few years also, has been afraid of descending stairways, falling, and dark places. Mother is in her late 90s now, but this has been going on for over 10 years.
Recently she went to see a neurologist who took a blood test and ordered a brain scan. THis doctor told her that her brain is shrinking and that she does not have Alzheimer's disease. However, he prescribed Aricept for her to take.
My husband has been prescibed the the 9.5 exelon patch but we still have a supply of the 4.6 patches. With them being so expensive can I use two of the 4.6 patches at the same time until we run out?
can i combine 225mg. of effexor xr with exelon or dexamphetamine to help my sedated or lethargic condition?
Hi
Thanks for writing to the forum!
There is a chance that your father suffers from both insomnia and oversleeping. The first night he has a disturbed sleep , hence he sleeps over the next day.
The other possibility is that he is depressed. You can go over this link for signs of depression in elderly: http://www.eldercare.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=CG_Resources&file=article&sid=958
Hope this helps. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!
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I do not personally know any MD in Chicago, but this is a link in our Health Pages of specialists in dysautonomia.
http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Neurological-Disorders/Dysautonomia-Specialists/show/717?cid=196
If you click on DINET you will find many in Chicago. I spotted one in North Chicago :-)
Good Luck!
My wife aged seventy, has had a persistent nausea problem since about February 2008. She wakes up in the morning and feels fine...until she starts to move around. The nausea stays with her until she has some food and liquid in her stomach. Many times, it subsides, but comes back when she moves around again. All her tests EGD, Cat Scan, MRI, etc turn out normal. Hida Scan showed her gall bladder to be very small and only 10% operative, so she had it removed about two months ago.
I did a lot of research on where to go in Chicago and as luck would have it, the Univ. of Chicago is where the Vertex trials have been. I had heard about Dr. Jensen from a nurse I know who has hepatitis C. I had also seen him a couple times in Chicago Magazines yearly "Top Docs" issues. (He was actually on the cover of their last "Top Docs"issue.) Dr. Jensen has a great CV and I knew the first time I saw him with my page of questions that I was in the right place.
Here in the Chicago area, only the University of Illinois @Chicago has such offerings, but they are not highly rated. Neither Northwestern, Rush, or U of Chicago appear to have well recognized ophthalmology specialty services, according to my searches. But I'm going by published ratings for the ophthalmology specialty. Does Mayo have a referral service? Thanks in advance.
Interesting thing about this earthquake was that its epicenter was in Elgin. Usually, an earthquake that Chicago feels will be from the New Madrid fault or the Wabash fault.
Historically -- late pre-cambrian (900 million years ago) the continent started to split apart in what is today far southern Illinois. The split never completed, but giant rift valleys formed. Later they eroded away or filled with the passing ages.
Then it hit me..... the kids idiot mother will be in the slammer and not raising the kid. The kid has half a chance now.
Anyone from Chicago on here? ! If so do you know of any mommy groups!?
What part of the state are you in? I'm sure there would be more options in the Chicago area...but St Louis may have some too...
but starting 2 or 3 years ago i started noticing my eye started to turn inwards again!!! im in chicago now....and i really think i need a second surgery.....i went to a doctor here....when i google i can only find one doctor that has a clinic in western avenue or something....is he my only choice? i went to see him , he evaluated me and he said..."one possibility is that u can go blind during surgery or that u may end up the same way u were at the very beginning....
Never had a problem until now. He started with temp memory loss and the doctor put him on 2 Exelon Patches per day to help him with the memory loss and also he now on Oxcarbazepine 300 mg. My question is with him taking these two type of medications he is still having seizure and cant sleep. Me as a mother do know what to think and do to help him. Can someone help me with this.
I don't know any personally but Loyola, Northwestern, U of Chicago have excellent departments.
An 18-year-old from Chicago was arrested during an undercover operation in which agents pretending to be extremists provided him with a phony car bomb that he intended to detonate outside a downtown bar, the U.S. District Attorney's office in Chicago said Saturday.
Adel Daoud of Chicago's Hillside suburb was arrested Friday night.
The U.S. Attorney's Office said in a news release Saturday the device was inert and the public was never at risk.
My wife aged seventy, has had a persistent nausea problem since about February 2008. She wakes up in the morning and feels fine...until she starts to move around. The nausea stays with her until she has some food and liquid in her stomach. Many times, it subsides, but comes back when she moves around again. All her tests EGD, Cat Scan, MRI, etc turn out normal. Hida Scan showed her gall bladder to be very small and only 10% operative, so she had it removed about two months ago.
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