Many drugs commonly prescribed to the elderly have anticholinergic properties. Due to the current clinical use of drugs with mild-to-modest anticholinergic activity, the clinical manifestations of ...

Anticholinergic drugs can adversely affect cognition in elderly people, especially those with underlying dementia. In addition, anticholinergics may antagonize the effects of drugs such as ...

The study found no risk with other anticholinergic medicines used to treat common conditions such as hay fever, travel sickness and stomach cramps. The research, funded by Alzheimer's Society and ...

In some cases, doctors only learn about the risks of some medications after patients have already been using them for some time. Benzodiazepines and anticholinergic drugs are common classes of ...

A recent study from the University of California, San Diego has revealed that certain commonly used medications might ...