Synaptol

by Medisure

Active ingredient: Memantine

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About Memantine

Other CNS Drugs

Uses

Moderately severe to severe Alzheimer's dementia.

How to take it

Adults: Initially 5 mg daily during 1st wk increasing at wkly intervals in increments of 5 mg daily to maintenance of 10 mg twice daily by 4th wk. Children: Not recommended.

Side effects

Hallucinations, confusion, dizziness, headache, tiredness, hypertension, constipation, somnolence, dyspnoea, elevated LFTs, balance disorders.

Pregnancy and breastfeeding

Pregnancy: No evidence of risk in humans. Lactation: Caution advised or effect undetermined. Contraindications: Severe hepatic impairment. Precautions: Moderate renal, hepatic impairment, epilepsy or predisposition to epilepsy, history of convulsions, recent MI, uncompensated heart failure, uncontrolled hypertension.

Advice

Take with or without meals. Avoid a diet excessively high in fruits and vegetables.

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Interactions with Memantine

Amantadine, ketamine, dextromethorphan, levodopa, dopaminergic agonists, anticholinergics, barbiturates, neuroleptics, baclofen, dantrolene, cimetidine, ranitidine, procainamide, quinidine, quinine, nicotine, hydrochlorothiazide, antipsychotics, oral anticoagulants, phenytoin.

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