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What Causes Dizziness And Weakness While Donepezil?
Yes, my husband is taking Donepezil. Can that make him feel dizzy & weak? He also is one Prevastatin, 40 mg Lisinipril 10 mg Aspirin 81 mg Dexilant 60 mg Pure Fish Oil Vit B-100 Complex Vitamin D3 4000 iu. He takes each one daily. He had heart surgery 16 years ago & our family Dr said after heart surgery, they usually put you on Beta Blockers. He was doing fine until about 2 months late, he started having the weak, dizzy, faint spells. After a while I convinced the Dr s he wasn t having these problems until he started taking Beta Blockers. So he s off them now, but still having the same feeling sometimes.Is one of the medications he s taking interfering with the Donepezil.
Thu, 23 Nov 2017
Hi There
After going through your query I understand your concern.
I would like to tell you that your husband's current heart medications don't have any drug interaction with Donepezil but Donepezil itself has a tendency to cause Bradycardia or heart block by affecting sinoatrial or atrioventricular nodes.
Kindly get a Holter Monitoring for 48 hours done and consult with Your Cardiologist/Family Physician for further treatment.
Hope to have been Helpful.
Kind Regards
Dr. Navneet Bansal
After going through your query I understand your concern.
I would like to tell you that your husband's current heart medications don't have any drug interaction with Donepezil but Donepezil itself has a tendency to cause Bradycardia or heart block by affecting sinoatrial or atrioventricular nodes.
Kindly get a Holter Monitoring for 48 hours done and consult with Your Cardiologist/Family Physician for further treatment.
Hope to have been Helpful.
Kind Regards
Dr. Navneet Bansal
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