Has anyone elses LO had this problem. My husband has been on the full 10 mg of aricept for two weeks now and he has been having this problem. Is it temporary? Any help would be appreciated
Yes, diarrhea is one of the most common problems with Aricept. If it persists, the doctor may want to switch him to the Exelon patch. Exelon works like Aricept, but the medication goes through the skin with the patch, rather than the digestive tract.
My husband had the same problem which I was told was a side affect. He got so sick with diarhea and because of that, he was so weak and just not well at all. His doctor had him try a couple of others and the one he finally was able to tolerate was Namenda. Good luck to you and God bless.
My husband had the same problem but after a few weeks he was fine and is now doing fine. He is now taking aricept and namenda, he has bad dreams a lot and we are unsure of which is causing it, we think namenda as the sypmptoms started shortly after he started it. He is doing very well.
My DH also has bad dreams or nightmares sometimes. I think these started, though, before his diagnosis and before aricept and namenda. It may be part of the disease.