Stroke ...cva or tia's

    
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Posted by CCF Neuro MD# on March 21, 1998 at 14:42:40:

In Reply to: Stroke ...cva or tia's posted by B. Charles Bailey on March 21, 1998 at 02:22:22:

: My dad has had several tia's and a cva....The doctor had him in the hospital for 14 days and with a regiment of aricept...dilantin.....and other forms of seizure medications got him under control. Though his body was toxic with the chemicals, he has pulled through. The doctor has said he has extensive brain damage both left/right side of the brain. My dad walks, talks, and has a good memory except for short term is fuzzy. His attitude is uplifting and comical so he has a good out look on life. My question regards.....having him take some herbs like co-Q10 or what the brain needs but lacks in as one gets older......Acetylcholine!!
  Thank you very much for all one can do.....
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From your description it sounds like your father has a form of dementia,
with some frontal lobe involvement, this can be due to multiple strokes or may
may occurr independently.
Acetylcholine certainly has a role to play in the development of dementia
and the drugs which have been shown to work function by manipulating this system.
The problem is not however one of a total body deficiency of acetylcholine
which could be remedied by a simplistic approach like simply
supplementing the diet, like treating a vitamin deficiency.
The problem is with degeneration of nerve cells which deliver the
acetylcholine to very specific targets in the cortex of the brain,
The drugs available do this rather than supplement total levels.
There is no objective evidence to suggest a significant role for the
substances you mention in the treatment of dementia.
maximise the potential of the acetylcholine at the