It seems very likely to me that he is cognitively impaired and may be given drugs to get through important public events. However, I have yet to hear of what the drug might be. I had both parents go through such cognitive decline before their deaths from it. I was never aware of the availability of any such drugs. If there were, and they had no long-term side effects, it would have been great to be able to have them available for important events.
I would like to hear of the availability of any such drugs.
The head doc put my elderly Mother on Aricept. She was already a little dingy...this stuff turned her bat-Schiff crazy. My sister and I took her off it and demanded an entry be made in her medical record that she NEVER be prescribed Aricept again. There was another drug she was put on that affected her badly, don’t remember the name at this point, but Aricept was the worst.
“What is Aricept?
Aricept improves the function of nerve cells in the brain. It works by preventing the breakdown of a chemical called acetylcholine (ah SEET il KOE leen). People with dementia usually have lower levels of this chemical, which is important for the processes of memory, thinking, and reasoning.
Aricept is used to treat mild to moderate dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease.
Aricept is not a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. This condition will progress over time, even in people who take donepezil.”
The effect of psychostimulants are well known. They are not just for ADHD children.