Aricept for Alzheimer's Disease User Reviews (Page 2)
Aricept has an average rating of 5.0 out of 10 from a total of 30 reviews for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease. 37% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 40% reported a negative experience.
Reviews for Aricept
- study...
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- April 20, 2024
"Drug has made a significant impact on me. Cleared up most of my confusion, loss of focus, and overall insecurity feelings. I have experienced many of the minor side effects listed in articles, but none that could not be worked through."
- Anonymous
- August 2, 2011
"My mother took Aricept 5 mg for one week. She has vivid dreams and cannot tell if they are in fact dreams or real. Also, very tired."
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- August 25, 2009
"My mum has been on this medicine for 8 weeks now and her cognitive thinking and problem solving has become more fluent, she also looks much more alert."
- sam
- Taken for 2 to 5 years
- October 22, 2019
"This was used on one of my parents. EXPENSIVE - Does not help and caused diarrhea"
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- WTFman
- September 21, 2016
"Father was almost himself again with aricept but it gave him uncontrollable diarrhea so he won't take it."
- SKC
- October 26, 2015
"Trouble sleeping,stomach pain,headache,constipation,fever,"
- Delgado
- July 16, 2009
"Have been using Aricept for approximately 6 years and Namenda also."
- Glad
- Taken for 6 months to 1 year
- January 7, 2022
"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."
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"My dad was diagnosed with dementia and was prescribed Aricept. His demeanour changed to extremely agitated and almost violent. I had to stop giving it to him. It did nothing to help with his memory. I saw only negative impact on him from taking this drug."