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Alzheimer's Disease |
Aricept and Weight05/02/2000 |
Can Aricept also cause an increase in appetite and therefore a drastic weight gain?
Aricept is much more likely to cause decreased appetite and weight loss than any weight gain. It would be unusual for Aricept to cause a drastic weight gain. Other considerations might include other medications or the disease state itself. Obsessive-compulsive tendencies in some patients can cause drastic weight gains as the patient continues to hoard food, particularly sweets. This is more typically seen in fronto-temporal degenerative dementias than it is in Alzheimer`s disease. I would contact the physician to investigate weight gain caused by feet and leg swelling or whole body swelling.
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Douglas W. Scharre, MD Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology Memory Disorders Clinic Department of Neurology College of Medicine The Ohio State University |
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