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 ...

If you opened your medicine cabinet right now, chances are you’d find an anticholinergic medication. These drugs have been around for decades and are used for a range of common conditions ...

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 ...

An NHS consultant geriatrician has given her top tips to stop people becoming too affected by their old age. It is important ...

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 ...

Different medical conditions, aging, and lifestyle habits can all contribute to these symptoms.When nondrug strategies fail ...

Bad breath, or halitosis, can be a sign of an underlying health condition, according to a GP who has warned it could be a ...

Many of us rely on medicines to manage everyday issues like colds, allergies, or high blood pressure. But new research ...

These tips may help caregivers prevent feelings of disorientation. Growing evidence suggests long-term use of anticholinergic medications could harm your brain health and may raise your risk of ...

Local adverse effects of BCG therapy (pain and cystitis) were controlled within 3 days by NSAIDs, antibiotics, or anticholinergic medication. The mean cost of BCG therapy was US$1,936 per patient ...

Lyu X, Li Z, Chen S, et al. Transcranial direct current stimulation improves tardive dyskinesia in long-term hospitalized patients with chronic schizophrenia. Clin Neurophysiol. 2024;166:20-30. doi:10 ...

ViiV Healthcare, the global specialist HIV company majority owned by GSK, with Pfizer and Shionogi as shareholders, will ...