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How Can Depression And Short Term Memory Loss Be Treated?
Good morning Doctor My mother is 81 years with normal health. She suffers from short time memory loss plus depression. All this has been for last couple of months. She only takes medicine for hypertension every day . Seek your advise and also an appointment to meet you with my mother Thanks Ramesh
Mon, 28 Aug 2017
hi and thanks for question.
i think your mother have memory loss due to dementia which occure in old age mainly. in old age dementia with depression is common, i will advise to take donepezil with memntine combination along with start tab escitalopram which improve her health.
thanks
i think your mother have memory loss due to dementia which occure in old age mainly. in old age dementia with depression is common, i will advise to take donepezil with memntine combination along with start tab escitalopram which improve her health.
thanks
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