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Another issue that we had with Aricept is that it, as well as other dementia medications of the same type, can add to incontinence problems. Our neuro explained that the messages to the brain counteract any that may come from incontinence meds. So when we stopped both the Aricept and the incontinence medicine, we had almost a yearlong relief from that problem. However, as with many things it was only temporary. The incontinence has returned and doesn't seem to be relieved by stopping his Exelon patch, which replaced the Aricept. I will probably stop the Exelon anyway, because I don't think that it is helping. My husband has had PD for over 20 years, with a diagnosis at age 45. The disease marches on. Physically doing pretty well with two DBS surgeries, but suffers from advancing dementia. Claire CG for husband Tom, 65/45 On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 5:47 AM, PATTI ZAPF <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Great, great, great idea and thank you... is all I can say for the help! > Appreciate you Ken:>) > > Patti > > > On Mar 17, 2010, at 9:10 AM, Kenneth Goodrich wrote: > > I have little confidence that Aricept will help, or at least not for long. >> Your best bet is probably lots of exercise. >> >> -Ken >> >> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 7:48 AM, patti zapf <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >> My PD husband Alan, was diagnosed with mild to moderate dementia >>> yesterday, >>> by neuropsychology doctors at utsw in dallas, after a day of extensive >>> testing. They recommend a drug called ARICEPT, which is also used for >>> Alzheimer patients. We will follow up soon with an office visit to his >>> neurologist, to see what she says. Alan currently takes rx drugs >>> carbidopa-levodopa(3xd), comtan(3xd), and amantadine(2xd). >>> >>> I recently read here on this listserv I think, that ARICEPT only works >>> for >>> a >>> year or so and then there are no benefits. The doctor said his quality >>> of >>> life may improve or the dementia may slow down. The side effects of this >>> med are softening of the stool, Yippee:>)..... >>> >> >> -- >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: >> [log in to unmask] >> In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: > [log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn