Who should not take Aricept?
The following conditions are contraindicated with this drug. Check with your physician if you have any of the following:
Conditions:
- low amount of magnesium in the blood
- low amount of potassium in the blood
- neuroleptic malignant syndrome, a reaction characterized by fever, muscle rigidity and confusion
- a heart attack
- heart attack within the last 30 days
- atrioventricular block, a type of slow heart rhythm disorder
- torsades de pointes, a type of abnormal heart rhythm
- sick sinus syndrome
- sinus bradycardia
- prolonged QT interval on EKG
- sudden and serious symptoms of heart failure called acute decompensated heart failure
- abnormal EKG with QT changes from birth
- asthma
- stomach or intestinal ulcer
- bleeding of the stomach or intestines
- blockage of the urinary bladder
- a condition with muscle tissue breakdown called rhabdomyolysis
- seizures
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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