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my 74 yr old mothers medication

Lori Rothwell
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I am living with my mother who cannot be alone, I am divorced 10 yrs...

11/11/08
Lori Rothwell
Topics:medication side effects

my mother is taking (cloraz dipot 7.5mg) an ( Triamt/hctz 37.5-25). Are these meds ok for someone ith alzheimers? I'm trying to help her, but she insists nothins wrong with her. my grandfather had alzheimers, her father. she will not go to doctor. please help what should i do?

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For over twenty years author, columnist and speaker Carol Bradley...

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

No one is going to be able to tell you if these are good or bad, without your mother having an examination. It's very likely she needs mediation changes, and only a doctor can do that. Can you get her to a doctor for another reason? Is her blood pressure an issue? Does she have allergies? If you get her there for something else, and write a letter to the physician ahead of the appointment telling her what you are really there for, you may get some results.

Carol

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