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Medication Regimen to Treat Mild Memory Loss
(without a Reversible Cause)

Medication Required Recommended Optional

Vitamin E 400 to 1,200 IUs
daily
Donepezil (Aricept) 5 to 10 mg daily
Vitamin C 1 to 5 grams daily
Vitamin A 10,000 to 25,000 units
daily
Phosphatidylserine 300 mg daily for 6 to 8
weeks
followed by 100 mg daily
Estrogen (post-menopausal 0.625 mg daily (or
women only) equivalent)
Aspirin 32.5 mg (1 tablet) daily
(1 baby
aspirin if adult dose not
tolerated) if you have risk
factors
for stroke
Selegiline (Deprenyl) 5 to 15 mg daily
Ginkgo biloba 120 mg daily
(EGb 761)

I will now review the possible combinations of medications, and the Memory Program more
broadly, according to categories divided on the basis of age, gender, and preventing future memory
loss versus treatment for mild memory loss. I will not repeat the doses and side effects of each
medication; this information can be obtained from these tables and the preceding text in this chapter
(and earlier chapters).

Customize Your Memory Program

Classify Your Own Memory Status

Place yourself in one of the two categories of normal memory or mild memory loss based on your
performance on the tests in the first