Tablets for dementia symptoms advice please

As far as I’m aware there is no medication to slow down vascular dementia. But as your mother doesn’t have this I think you need to await the advice from her medical referral.

If she hasn’t got dementia - as you say, normal cognitive decline. Then no tablet is going to slow this down. The medication that my mum takes for vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s arrests or slows down the. symptoms .
See what the consultant says.

I have just had a long call with the memory clinic and we are awaiting an appointment

Well this is a turn up. Took a second urine sample to the GP today and it turns out Mum actually has a urine infection! She has had two CT scans!!!

Urine test is always the first thing to check, your mum will be fine once that clears up, good news.

Just to say that the confusion often lasts for a while after the uti is cleared up.

SecondhandRose

Well this is a turn up. Took a second urine sample to the GP today and it turns out Mum actually has a urine infection! She has had two CT scans!!!

Very common but worrying. make sure she drinks plenty of fluids as it may happen again when she finished the antibiotics. It’s not easy I know getting older people to drink more but do try.

Extract of Turmeric (can get from Holland&Barrett) have been proven to help, as a strong anti inflamatory. Always check with GP or medical team to ensure compatible with other medications.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2781139/

sadly, Big Pharmas are trying to discredit research on Turmeric, as it is easily available, and relatively cheap. Big Pharmas want t push new drugs they can make lots of money on- not natural products.

On the other hand, Alzheimer's Research has shown little orno benefit from taking Turmeric.

Plenty of proper studies that show that it can really help. As said before, Big Pharmas are very keen to discredit any medicine that is natural and easily available, for obvious reasons.

Alzheimers Society research isn't big pharma, fleurpepper.

I know. So I am surprised about their conclusions.

There is plenty of research out there:

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3665200/

Turmeric is a very strong anti-inflammatory, and has been shown to help with some forms of cancer (prostate in particular) memory and Alzeimers.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28527218/

I’m always forgetting to take my golden paste and am not convinced that taking capsules actually works unless you add pepper and oil. But I realised recently that I can add turmeric powder to scrambled egg or omelettes, which I eat a lot. One of those things that can’t do any harm and might just be of benefit, especially if it’s just added to food.

not sure just using on food is enough to be truly efficacious. We use the extract and one with black pepper.

If the food includes fat and black pepper and is heated it should work. Even better to have it in a curry I would imagine.

Be aware, turmeric can interfere with some prescription drugs, check.

And don't trust turmeric to stop the onset or help the symptoms of any form of dementia.

If there was any serious evidence that turmeric helped prevent dementia the big drug companies would be manufacturing it by the tonne, and making billions worldwide.

Something that's mainly available in the likes of Holland & Barrett is not going to protect you from dementia.

Exactly Riverwalk.