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 ...

Medications with anticholinergic properties have been consistently associated with a wide range of adverse outcomes for older adults including cognitive impairment, yet these drugs continue to be ...

People who use drugs with anticholinergic effects, including certain antidepressants, drugs for urinary incontinence and ...

A common class of drugs called anticholinergics might boost risks for heart failure and other dangerous cardiac conditions, a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Anticholinergic medication burden is substantial among individuals with schizophrenia, according to results of a ...

2 Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, 33 Russell Street, T-109 Toronto, ON M5S 2S1, Canada 3 Multimodal Imaging Group, Centre for Addiction & Mental Health, Toronto, ...

A class of drug commonly used to treat everything from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to depression has now been linked to accelerating the loss of mobility in older age. This adds a new ...

Sedona inpatient program educates on iloperidone side effects, anticholinergic burden, and holistic alternatives for ...

Many people take medications every day to manage common health problems such as allergies, depression, or bladder control.

A comprehensive study following more than 4,000 older adults for more than eight years revealed that anticholinergic medications are associated with faster physical decline than what’s typically seen ...