Are there any good over-the-counter medications or nutritional supplements to help people with TBI who have short-term memory problems?
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Brian D. Greenwald, MD
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It's certainly a question that's being researched
with regards to nutritional supplements that can be helpful
after someone has had a traumatic brain injury.
There are some good guidelines out there
for things like Ginkgo biloba,
CDP-choline, also sometimes called Citicoline,
both that can be useful.
I will often recommend, also, people to supplement their diet
with some Omega-3 or fish oil.
You can also use flax seed oil
which I will recommend to people who are vegetarians,
which are thought to be good building blocks for brain tissue itself
to help maintain brain tissue.
I think as important as it is to think about medications
that can help with regards to short-term memory,
it's also important to think about things to avoid
that can hurt short-term memory.
Benadryl and all the sleep medications
that have Benadryl in it, which are common,
is one of the medications that can have a negative effect on people with brain injury
and should be avoided.
Brian D. Greenwald, MD,
Dr. Brian Greenwald is currently the medical director of Center for Head Injuries and the associate medical director of JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (www.njrehab.org). He is a clinical associate professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and is also the medical director for Rehabilitation Specialists, a day and residential program for persons with brain injury, in Fair Lawn, NJ (www.rehab-specialists.com).
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