Aricept and Constipation: What Users Say

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• October 7, 2016

For Alzheimer's Disease "Several years of vascular dementia and growing increasingly worse. Now, my 89-year-old mother started Aricept during the last month. The first day she was like a new person, clear thinking with memory, energy, and motivated. The second day much less, and she was dizzy and constipated by the 6th day. Now, appearing more confused than without the drug. Not a good experience, will be moving on."

• kat...
• August 27, 2010

For Alzheimer's Disease "My husband was diagnosed 10/21/2009 with moderate Alzheimer's. He was started on Namenda for 4-6 weeks and then Aricept, 10mg. Before he took the medicines, he was roaming at night and hallucinating. After he took the medicines for a while, he stopped hallucinating, he wasn't confused as often, he can carry through a normal day, including eating out with friends 5 days a week, helping take care of the grandchildren, 6 & 10, use his riding mower, and yesterday, 8/17/10 he re-spooled his weedeater. He hasn't been able to do that for a long time. At this time he's suffering from long-term constipation and has just had a positive hemoccult (stool test). A colonoscopy is next. Could this be a side effect?"

• SKC...
• October 26, 2015

For Alzheimer's Disease "Trouble sleeping, stomach pain, headache, constipation, fever,"