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A patient is taking donepezil (Aricept) 10mg PO daily, but she now has severe dementia. The patient's family agrees to de-prescribe this medication because it will no longer have any clinical benefit. Which of the following tapering plans will you follow? A patient is taking donepezil (Aricept) 10mg PO daily, but she now has severe dementia. The patient's family agrees to de-prescribe this medication because it will no longer have any clinical benefit. Which of the following tapering plans will you follow? Stay at 10mg PO daily for 4 more weeks, then stop. Decrease to 5mg PO daily starting today, then stop in 4 weeks. Decrease to 5mg PO daily starting today, then stop in 2 weeks. Change to 5mg PO twice daily starting today, then stop in 4 weeks.

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