Brand Name: Alzmenda Oral Drops
Active Ingredient: Memantine HCL
When is Alzmenda Oral Drops prescribed for?
Alzmenda Oral Drops is prescribed for the Treatment of the symptoms of moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease
How should you take Alzmenda Oral Drops?
Note: 5 mg = 10 drops of memantine hydrochloride oral drops
Adults: The recommended dose is 20 drops solution or 1 dropper twice daily or 2 droppers once daily.
This is achieved by upward titration as follows:
• Treatment should be started with 10 drops or half dropper daily during the 1st week.
• In the 2nd week the dose is 10 drops or half dropper twice daily.
• In the 3rd week 30 drops/day or one and half dropper in separate doses is recommended.
• From the 4th week on, treatment is usually continued with the maintenance dose of 20 drops or 1 dropper twice daily.
Drops can be taken with a little liquid with or without food.
When you should not take Alzmenda Oral Drops?
• Severe Renal impairment (patients with a creatinine clearance ≤ 50 mL/min).
• Hypersensitivity to either the active ingredient or any of the excipients.
• Patients with a current seizure disorder or with any history of seizures or in patients with liver disease.
• In patients taking other NMDA antagonists (amantadine [Symmetrel], ketamine [Ketalar], and dextromethorphan [a common component of cough suppressants, such as Robitussin DM]) should be approached with caution
• Pregnancy and lactation.
Possible Drug interaction with Alzmenda Oral Drops:
- Increased risk of CNS toxicity when memantine is given with ketamine, dextromethorphan, amantadine, levodopa, pergolide and selegiline.
- Memantine enhances effects of warafin, antimuscarinic.
- Memantine reduces the effects of primidone, antipsychotics and barbiturates.
- Memantine possibly modifies effects of baclofen and dentrolene.
Possible Side effects for Alzmenda Oral Drops:
- Confusion
- Dizziness
- Shortness of breath
- Skin rash
- Vomiting.