I'm looking for a sleeping medicine for my mom. For years, she took Lorazepan, but I switched her to Temazepan and has been taking 15 mg for the past 3 years. She is not a deep sleeper, has nightmares often and wakes up at night. Aside from this, she has been loosing her short term memory to the point that she she does not remember an event after 1 hour.
I have heard from a friend of mine that after taking Temazepan for a few days, her memory was totally empared. She switched to another med. and is doing fine now. have emptied 1/4 of the capsules foer a week and 1/2 the next week to ween her off. This week, I've given her Sleep Aid twice. I was waiting to speak to her doctors, so they can help me make some decisions, but they are not too helpful.
Which medicines seem to be good for older patients? She has a pacemaker, had breast cancer and memory loss. She takes Aricept, Anastrozole, Plavix, and Atelenol.