Has Namenda been effective in treating patients who suffer from pathological gambling addiction?
Anonymous Answers (1)
15 Sep 2011
Namenda is a prescription medication approved to treat moderate to severe dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease. It is not a cure for Alzheimer's, but can help slow down the worsening of Alzheimer's symptoms.
Namenda for the treatment of Pathological Gambling should be consulted with a doc, please.
Severe problem gambling may be diagnosed as clinical pathological gambling if the gambler meets certain criteria. Although the term gambling addiction is common in the recovery movement pathological gambling is considered to be an impulse control disorder and is therefore not considered by the American Psychological Association to be an addiction.
Take care, be well & safe, please.
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I believe compulsive and/or Pathological Gambling certainly is and should be considered an addiction. Having been there myself, once addicted to gambling it is very difficult to stop gambling.
Agree with, indeed gambling is an addiction, my mother could gamble for 20 in a day... day in and day out.