My husband, Parkinson's and dementia patient, seems to get a lot of side affects with meds that are prescribed. When I email his doctor to let him know what is going on, he will return email and say stop the med and I will send a new one to pharmacy and that med doesn’t seem to do much except make him weaker.
It's getting very frustrating.
What I was impressed about with our 80 y.o. neighbor, who was courageous in fighting this disease, who kept walking daily in his walker, was that he kept rallying.
When everyone thought this was the end, so sad, this man would be out walking down the street, recovered and rallying. So encouraging to see.
Please read about Parkinson's on this forum. I recommend this expert:
"Late in the 4th Quarter, My New Health Care Team Takes the Field"
John Schappi
She reviews all of her other current meds and note to our PCP her opinion on what should be continued or discontinued. Since the meds are for other problems/conditions, nothing has been recommended to be discontinued.
Medicine is not deterministic. Each patient is an experiment.