Generation swap

[wolf]

Originally Posted by limey

Meanwhile, the doctors in their infinite wisdom seem to have prescribed a calmer down (haloperidol) which is Bad For People with Parkinsons (did I mention the Parkinsons disease?).

Having just ripped a physician's head off and shit down his neck for having placed my mother on Haldol (it's even worse for elderly, diabetic women in heart failure, kidney failure, and with a history of deep vein thrombosis, among other things) ... you might try to have a quiet talk with your mother's doctor about extremely low doses of Risperdal (risperidone) 0.125 mg two or three times per day is the dose they put my mom on and it appears to have helped.

[limey]

Originally Posted by wolf

Having just ripped a physician's head off and shit down his neck for having placed my mother on Haldol (it's even worse for elderly, diabetic women in heart failure, kidney failure, and with a history of deep vein thrombosis, among other things) ... you might try to have a quiet talk with your mother's doctor about extremely low doses of Risperdal (risperidone) 0.125 mg two or three times per day is the dose they put my mom on and it appears to have helped.

Oh Wolf! Thank you THANK YOU . I'mma gonna chat with the doc today anyway. Why is it that they don't seem to know their own business?

[wolf]

Originally Posted by limey

Oh Wolf! Thank you THANK YOU . I'mma gonna chat with the doc today anyway. Why is it that they don't seem to know their own business?

Oh, they know it, it's just that Haldol's a lot cheaper.