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PD, Dementia And Aricicept
I am a 73 yo male diagnosed with PD some 2 years ago. My neurologist just told me I have PD-related dementia-mostly cognitive decline (mostly very poor memory) and started me on Aricept 5 mg. Almost all of the online references associate Aricept with Alz disease. My wife died of Alz 2 years ago and she was on Aricept at the time. So now I am terribly depressed by this new info. Also my gait has suffered a great deal and now I can be barely walk. All I can do is shuffle. Is Aricept commonly used… read more
My husband is also on Aricept for cognitive decline due to Parkinson's and has not been diagnosed with dementia.
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What is a bootcamp? Thanks.
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