Anticholinergic drugs block the action of a chemical messenger called acetylcholine. It plays a key role in involuntary ...

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 ...

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 ...

Background The global ageing population is increasingly challenged by multi-morbidity resulting in polypharmacy. Over the last two decades, medications with anticholinergic properties have been ...

The medications include hayfever treatments like Piriton, Cetirizine and Loratadine and stomach issue relief such as Buscopan ...

Researchers from the University of Aberdeen trying new approach where the patient is more involved in decision-making around ...

1 Department of Rehabilitation, University Medical Centre “UMC St Radboud”, Nijmegen, Netherlands 2 Department of Pediatric Neurology, University Medical Centre “UMC St Radboud” Drooling frequently ...

We present a case of a 64-year-old woman who developed severe non-exertional hyperthermia (NEHT) due to excessive anticholinergic effects from her psychiatric medications. The patient was found ...

Introduction: In-hospital falls are multicausal in older hospitalized patients. Drugs with anticholinergic load and psychotropic effects can increase the risk of falling. Objective: This study aimed ...

pop06.odn.ne.jp Background This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of anticholinergics (AC) for death rattle in dying patients with cancer. Methods This is a prospective cohort study ...