I am a 24hr caregiver for this lady that has Alzheimer's disease and has serious problems sleeping her dr gave her a script of 200mg Seroquel she still had not been sleeping however went to emergency room with chest pains and was deliarious when asked of her sleeping habits I replied with she takes 200mg Seroquel and she will sleep for maybe 1 or 2 hrs and then she is up for the day until 9pm and he added 1mg Ativan to her 200mg Seroquel last night was the first time she took the 2 of them together and today it took me about 20 minutes to get her to wake up enough to MUMBLE back to me and she is very groggy and can not stay awake it has been 16 and ha half hrs since the 2 had been taken it worries me I do not like this but Seroquel alone does not help her at all. Should I worry
Quetiapine - should seroquel 200 mg and ativan 1mg be given together to a 94 yr old 96 lb woman?
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- 6 Apr 2016 by caregivingmama
- Updated
- 15 May 2017
- Topics
- ativan, seroquel, alzheimer's disease, insomnia, quetiapine, sleeping, disease, emergency, caregiver
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I think Not, but I'm not a doctor. Please if you haven't yet, call your doctor or any doctor and or someone in the medical field and ask them. I don't think my doctor would approve. Not to long back he was talking about my age and me taking these medications I've taken for years and said he'd like for me to be off of all my antidepressants and anything related to it. Because of my Age! I asked if I could continue taking my med, because I needed it. He knows I don't like to take meds, so he knew then, that I had to of needed it Or I would Not have asked. So thank goodness I got my med. Please, when you feel uncertain about anything don't hesitate to ask someone else for a 2nd, 3rd or 4th opinion. Plus seek book information. I hope things worked out for the best. God Bless

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