Ending the common, but unsanctioned, practice of long-term anticholinergic use to head off extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) associated with antipsychotic medications in patients with serious mental ...

Use of multiple medications with anticholinergic properties may boost the risk for dementia in patients with schizophrenia, new research suggests. Researchers found that a higher anticholinergic ...

Although oral anticholinergics can help some patients with excessive sweating, their use has been limited by side effects including dry mouth, constipation, blurred vision, and urinary retention.

Research led by the University of Exeter and Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, published in Age and Ageing, assessed a new tool designed to calculate which medicines are more ...

Research led by the University of Exeter and Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, published in Age and Ageing, assessed a new tool designed to calculate which medicines are more ...

A new study has found that widely used prescription drugs are linked to “nearly a 50% increased odds of dementia” in older adults, researchers say. The authors of the report, which appears in JAMA ...

What is the recommendation for the use of anticholinergics to treat lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in patients aged 70-90 years?—GRACIELA WEST, MPA, PA-C, Branford, Conn. As with all medications, ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I suffer from frequent allergic sneezing and coughing. Every day I seem to sneeze and sniffle. A daily Zyrtec controls the symptoms, but I am reluctant to take it daily as I understand ...

Kaiser Permanente Washington scientists report that higher cumulative anticholinergic exposure predicted a faster decline in gait speed and grip strength among older adults. Older adults frequently ...