Donepezil User Reviews & Ratings (Page 5)

Brand names: Aricept, Adlarity, Aricept ODT

Donepezil has an average rating of 5.2 out of 10 from a total of 110 reviews on Drugs.com. 43% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 40% reported a negative experience.

Reviews for Donepezil

minerva
Taken for 5 to 10 years
September 7, 2013

Aricept ODT (donepezil) for Alzheimer's Disease "5 mg helped but eventually it worked less well. 10 mg helped a lot for a long time but I think it stopped working again. No side effects."

9 / 10

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Errol...
Taken for 1 to 6 months
March 27, 2024

For Alzheimer's Disease "So far my biggest problems include delusions and dreams of an intense nature and very realistic. Scary at times."

8 / 10

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kennm
Taken for 1 to 6 months
August 2, 2012

For Mild Cognitive Impairment "Nausea, diarrhea, loss of appetite, weight loss, dizziness, drowsiness, weakness, memory loss worsened."

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67 Report

Delgado
July 16, 2009

Aricept (donepezil) for Alzheimer's Disease "Have been using Aricept for approximately 6 years and Namenda also."

8 / 10

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61 Report

Calen...
Taken for less than 1 month
April 27, 2019

For Alzheimer's Disease "Donepezil made 81 year old mother in mid stage dementia VERY dizzy. A big NOPE from me."

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27 Report

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Boudr...
Taken for 2 to 5 years
July 24, 2019

For Alzheimer's Disease "Donepezil was great at the beginning taking 5 mg for 3 years. Maybe I need to increase the dosage."

8 / 10

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Kay
Taken for less than 1 month
August 18, 2017

Aricept (donepezil) "Caused severe agitation & anger"

2 / 10

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Star
Taken for 6 months to 1 year
January 13, 2020

For Lewy Body Dementia "My husband started on donepezil 5 mg 1year ago and upped dosage to 10mg 2 months later. I see no improvement."

1 / 10

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Glad
Taken for 6 months to 1 year
January 7, 2022

Aricept (donepezil) for Alzheimer's Disease "My mom is taking donezipil for Parkinson's dementia. It's like a miracle! Her memory has improved really dramatically! It's been working for about a year now."

10 / 10

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Cuane
Taken for less than 1 month
January 9, 2022

For Mild Cognitive Impairment "The very first pill I took, 2 hours later I had a seizure, vomiting, then fell from lightheadedness , and more vomiting with dry heaves. I have never has seizures in my life. This was scary."

1 / 10

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Uncle...
Taken for less than 1 month
June 9, 2018

For Mild Cognitive Impairment "Used to help improve memory and seems to be working"

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Anonymous
Taken for less than 1 month
July 23, 2017

For Alzheimer's Disease "Makes me feel ill."

3 / 10

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Anonymous
Taken for 2 to 5 years
August 9, 2017

For Alzheimer's Disease "We've been happy taking donepezil at night however his doctor wants to change to a drug containing this medication and namenda all-in-one. Hate to change when he's doing so well.."

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Tony
Taken for less than 1 month
May 29, 2023

For Alzheimer's Disease "It woke me up at 2 am every morning. I was exhausted so I stopped. The doctor told me to take Tylenol PM what an ass!"

1 / 10

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2-7-52
Taken for less than 1 month
February 6, 2024

"I was taking donepezil 5mg, and I was hearing more voices and having weird dreams. So they raised my dosage up to 10mg. The voices and dreams have gone away, but now I CAN'T SLEEP!"

8 / 10

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Anonymous
Taken for 2 to 5 years
February 3, 2024

For Mild Cognitive Impairment "No observable problems, thankfully. Possibly helped a little. I'll continue taking it."

7 / 10

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Marion...
Taken for less than 1 month
January 19, 2024

Aricept (donepezil) "Causes intolerable itching. I gave it a good trial and it did not work for me. It was easy to use but I had no improvement while using it."

5 / 10

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