Symptoms of dementia (eg, increasing memory loss, confusion & behavioural changes) in adults diagnosed as having mild & moderately severe Alzheimer's disease.
Patients w/ stomach or duodenal ulcers; seizures or convulsions; irregular or very slow heart beat; asthma or other long term lung disease; difficulty passing urine. Discontinue if patient develops neuroleptic malignant syndrome; markedly elevated blood creatine phosphokinase (CPK) &/or symptoms indicative of rhabdomyolysis. Use w/ caution in patients w/ prior history of muscular disorders, uncontrolled hypothyroidism. Concomitant use w/ medications causing rhabdomyolysis (eg, statins, antipsychotics, SSRIs/SNRIs). May impair ability to drive or operate machinery. Liver problems or hepatitis. Mild kidney disease. Pregnancy & lactation. Childn & adolescents <18 yr.
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