Get Informed: Memory Problems / Dementia
1 in 312 Americans have Memory Problems / Dementia
iGuard is currently monitoring more than 5,705 patients with Memory Problems / Dementia from around the United States as shown on the heat map below. These figures suggest that roughly 0.97 million Americans have Memory Problems / Dementia with men and women both being affected in similar numbers.
< 21
21-39
40-59
60+
Age (Years)
Medications used for Memory Problems / Dementia
Drugs commonly taken by iGuard.org users for Memory Problems / Dementia are listed below, together with the percentage of patients that take each drug.
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Commonly Used Medication Name* (Hover mouse over name to see medication class) |
% of Patients | Average Risk Rating | Has Generic Available |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omega 3 | 77% |
|
Yes |
| Ginkgo Biloba | 8% |
|
Yes |
Less than 5%: Vitamin B6
*This list is NOT EXHAUSTIVE - Only drugs used by a sufficiently large number of iGuard.org users are listed.
**Medications are sometimes known by different brand/generic names, depending upon how they are packaged or used.
Global Patient Feedback for Memory Problems / Dementia ( Post a comment )
Question/Comment:
my husband just had a bad experance with his mother she is early stage of demetia and not on any med's yet he was talking to her on the phone and she started taking of her parents and they are both dead also she said a aunt had been at her house last week she also has passed 10 yrs ago he/we are not sure what to say are we to go along with her or correct her it is very upsetting to him he had not experanced it that way yet like other family members we live 1500 mile away. also he him self had alot of the same trouble with his memory i'm afrad he also has a little of it, he is 55yrs sometime i'm afrade they are really going to mix each other up lol not funny but i worry she dose alway know who he is when he calls her and he calls everyday now
52 year old Female
Posted: 2009-09-30 12:49:29
iGuard.org Answer/Reply:
A good idea would be for your husband to be evaluated by a physician. If there is a dementia issue, there are medications that can help. Aricept and Exelon are two agents used for mild dementia. In addition, to ease your husband's mind, perhaps his mother can see a doctor as well. She may benefit from a medication, or maybe she needs more supervised housing.
Posted: 2009-11-01 11:15:56
Question/Comment:
If I'm reading the map correctly it's stating that folks on the east coast are far more likely to have memory loss than folks on the west coast....why?
42 year old Female
Posted: 2009-08-14 20:10:30
Answer/Reply:
I think this is because most of the population is located near the East Coast...
37 year old Female
Posted: 2009-08-30 15:02:36
Question/Comment:
My wife tried taking risperdone and then Haldal to stop body tics and talking to herself.The results were good ,but she stopped the meds because she didn't like the way they made her feel.Any suggestions??
60 year old Female
Posted: 2009-06-15 14:26:59
Question/Comment:
My mother age 87, has been taking risperdone since September. The voices and hallucinations were gone entirely. Now in the past 3 weeks they have come back with the same frequencies. She is taking 5mg in the morning and just bumped up to 10 mg at night. She is not sleeping well either. What is an acceptable dose?
88 year old Female
Posted: 2009-03-11 12:40:12
Answer/Reply:
is seroquel dangrous for a 93 year old female who is taking 150mg. daily to help with agitation.
takes 25mg three times a day.
94 year old Female
Posted: 2009-03-24 15:34:16
Question/Comment:
I have traumatic brain injury - is there anything that may help this condition?
58 year old Female
Posted: 2009-02-22 14:05:27
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