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My mother is 85, she was diagnosed with vascular dementia. what can i expect from this. she takes donazepil 5mg every day. breaks my heart to see

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Dr. Hamsa Jayaraj answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Read ' Grain Brain': You can atleast arrest the progress of the disease by the diet.Use coconut oil. Read Dr.Perlmutter's "grain brain" He has written many other books also.Follow his diet.

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Answered 11/28/2017

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