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[|Human|] my wife ( 56 yrs)has been  advised last  june (2012 ) to take lonazep  .5  and .25   in  a day  with  qutan  .25  and  .5  for  agitation  and sizures  . she  has  been  diagnosed  with  FTLD  with  some  psychiatric  manifestation . her  condition worsened  over  8/9  months  gradually  .. sphincter  control  completely  affected  with  incontinence  for  last  two  months  .  lonazep was  increased  to  2  mg  in  a day  and  now  reduced  again  to  1 mg  and  asked  to  reduce  further  by .125  every  fortnight .Her  agitation  and  violence  was  very  high  when we  started  reducing  lonazep .Should we  continue  such  medication  for  a patient  who  is  rather suffering  from  dementia  than  any  other  type ?PKM
[|AI|]  hiFrontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is the name for a group of clinically, pathologically and genetically heterogeneous disorders associated with atrophy in the frontal lobe and temporal lobe of the brain, with sparing of the parietal and occipital lobes. In the over 65 age groups, FTLD is probably the fourth most common cause of dementia after Alzheimer's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies and vascular dementia. In the below 65 age groups, it is the second most common cause after Alzheimer's disease. In some patients the symptoms of FTLD and Alzheimer's may overlap so what your was suffering either of the two1 fast with Chat Doctor. .with