Another Misdiagnosis Of Alzheimer's Closed To Other Miracle

Did you lot know statistics exhibit that betwixt 17-30 portion of patients diagnosed alongside Alzheimer's are misdiagnosed.

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In the future, or perhaps the correct now, doctors volition kickoff getting it together.

Raise your manus if your doc did everything necessary to dominion out all the possible causes of Alzheimer's disease similar symptoms earlier diagnosing Alzheimer's.

If you lot raised your hand, you lot are inward the minority. I started bespeak Alzheimer's caregivers years agone if their doc had ruled out all the possible causes of dementia similar behavior earlier diagnosing Alzheimer's. Frankly, most caregivers don't know what I am talking about.

Most say me no, the doc did non say them he ruled out every other possible cause, in addition to at that spot are hundreds, of dementia similar behaviour or symptoms.

Did you lot know statistics exhibit that betwixt 17-30 portion of patients diagnosed alongside Alzheimer's are misdiagnosed.

More than 100 wellness weather tin mimic Alzheimer’s disease. Some medications—such equally drugs for diabetes, pump terminal in addition to high cholesterol—can crusade symptoms similar confusion, retention loss in addition to personality changes that tin masquerade equally the affliction (see the listing below).


J.D. "Jasper" Cain was diagnosed alongside Alzheimer's disease. Now, xiii years later, he is walking around, joking, in addition to living his life to the fullest.

Read almost Jasper Cain inward the Wall Street Journal -- Detective Work: The False Alzheimer's Diagnosis.

Also encounter -- Is it actually Alzheimer's Disease or Something Else?

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Meds that Mimic Alzheimer's

Over 100 dissimilar drugs accept side effects that tin mimic Alzheimer's inward some people. Among the most common:

• Antihistimatines (Benadryl, diphenhydramine)
• Sleeping pills (Ambien, Sonata)
• Painkillers (Darvon, Toradol, Demerol, Naproxen, Aleve)
• Anti-anxiety drugs (Valium, Librium, Halcion, Xanax)
• Anti-psychotic drugs (Risperdal, Seroquel, Zyprexa)
• Cholesterol drugs (Lipitor in addition to other statins)
• Older antidepressants (Elavil, Miltown, Tofranil)
• Incontinence drugs (Detrol, Ditropan, Toviaz)
• Acid-reflux drugs (Zantac)
• Blood pressure level drugs (Procardia, Adalat)
• Tranquilizers (Serentil, Thorazine, Mellaril)
• Heart drugs (Norpace, Lanoxin, Aldoril, Vasodilan, Cardura, Aldomet)
• Stomach drugs (Bentyl, Levsin, Donnatal, Librax)
• Parkinson's drugs (benztropine, trihexyphenidyl)

Source: American Geriatrics Society, Public Citizen, FDA


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