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Leone
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 Doctors.... Robin robin wrote: Is there any way you can change MDs?
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Leone Carroll (75); wife of Dale (75) who passed away March 23, 2011
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dorthea
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Re: Tylenol PM forbidden? Leone, when an angry outburst erupts, such as the divorce thing, don't assume he is speaking to you. His mind could have wandered ... where??? Who knows??? Never doubt that he loves you dearly and always will. DrP
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robin
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Re: Tylenol PM forbidden? But is there any way you can change to a new neurologist? Find someone who is more knowledgeable about treating sleep problems.
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Leone
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Dale's mind - Dorthea dorthea wrote: Leone, when an angry outburst erupts, such as the divorce thing, don't assume he is speaking to you. His mind could have wandered ... where??? Who knows??? Never doubt that he loves you dearly and always will. DrP
He also tells me often that he loves me.
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Leone
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Re: Tylenol PM forbidden? Finally...... Dale's PCP decided to help us and has given Dale the Klonopin I requested. I will pick it up today.
Can I use it with the Seroquel? In what combination?
I am by-passing the neurologist.
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Leone Carroll (75); wife of Dale (75) who passed away March 23, 2011
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Julianne
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Re: Tylenol PM forbidden? Leone, that is great news! I sure hope it helps.
Have you tried discussing drug interactions with your pharmacist? I don't suppose they are all this good, but the pharmacist who owns our local pharmacy has been just excellent at these sorts of questions, including doing the research when he wasn't sure. Anyway, it's just another resource if you aren't confident about, or cannot obtain, your physician's advice.
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mockturtle
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Re: Tylenol PM forbidden? Leone, I agree with Julianne 100%. Pharmacists know so much more than do doctors about drugs and their interactions. And their computers are set up to red flag any possible conflict with other meds or with the patient's medical history, allergies, etc. Provided, of course, that the pharmacist has all of Dales's meds in his records.
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Leone
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Re: Tylenol PM forbidden? Since Dale has taken Seroquel so long - a year and a half, I've been buying the Seroquel from Germany.... so our local Pharmacy will not have that in their records. I'll ask anyhow.
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Leone
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Re: Tylenol PM forbidden? Just to complete this thread... for the benefit of others, Dale took Clonazepam (Klonopin) 1 mg combined with Seroquel 100 last night and he slept peacefully for the first time in several weeks. There was no talking and we both had a full night of rest. Thankfully, Dale's PCP agreed with my request for the Klonopin and ordered it for us.
Nothing else worked this well. We tried Xanax and that only increased the nighttime talking.
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Leone Carroll (75); wife of Dale (75) who passed away March 23, 2011
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robin
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Re: Tylenol PM forbidden? Dr. Boeve in the Continuum paper discusses using these meds together. If you haven't reviewed it recently, you might do so.
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Leone
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Boeve's papers Yes, Robin, I know..... and that was good enough for me. It is apparent that our neurologist has not read Boeve's papers. No doubt he should. It would have saved us a lot of grief.
Actually, what makes me additionally irritated is that I made copies for him of the entire set of Boeve's papers! 
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mockturtle
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Re: Tylenol PM forbidden? Leone, surely you don't expect the doctor to read anything you give him, do you? Sometimes I think some doctors don't even read the patient's chart. In fact I know they sometimes don't.
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Pat [67] married to Derek [83] for 37 years; husband dx PDD/LBD 2005, probably began 2002 or earlier; late stage and in a SNF as of January 2011.
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Julianne
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Re: Tylenol PM forbidden? Read the chart, Pat? Next you will be expecting them to take our phone calls!
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LTCVT
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Re: Tylenol PM forbidden? Or respond to emails - God forbid!!! Lynn
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Lynn, daughter of 89 year old dad dx with possiblity of LBD, CBD, PSP, FTD, ALS, Vascular Dementia, AD, etc., died Nov. 30, 2010 after living in ALF for 18 months.
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Julianne
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Re: Tylenol PM forbidden? E-mails? Do doctors get e-mails? Not mine! At least not that they admit.
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