Anticholinergic drugs and the risk of dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

YB Zheng, L Shi, XM Zhu, YP Bao, LJ Bai, JQ Li… - Neuroscience & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Dementia is one of the greatest global challenges for public health; however, the
relationship between anticholinergic drugs and dementia remains unclear. The aim of the …

Antimuscarinic anticholinergic medications in Parkinson disease: to prescribe or deprescribe?

MJ Barrett, L Sargent, H Nawaz… - Movement Disorders …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The relative importance of antimuscarinic anticholinergic medications for Parkinson's
disease (PD) declined after the introduction of levodopa, such that anticholinergic …

Medical and surgical treatments for dystonia

HA Jinnah - Neurologic clinics, 2020 - neurologic.theclinics.com
The dystonias are defined by excessive muscular contraction producing involuntary
abnormal movements. 1 The clinical appearance of abnormal movements in the dystonias …

Association between anticholinergic burden and dementia in UK Biobank

J Mur, TC Russ, SR Cox, RE Marioni… - … Research & Clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Previous studies on the relationship between anticholinergic drugs and
dementia have reported heterogeneous results. This variability could be due to different …

Cognitive decline associated with anticholinergics, benzodiazepines and Z‐drugs: Findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)

F Moriarty, GM Savva, CM Grossi… - British Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To estimate the association between patterns of anticholinergic, benzodiazepine and Z‐
drug medication use and change in cognitive function in middle‐aged and older adults …

Adverse effects of anticholinergic drugs on cognition and mobility: cutoff for impairment in a cross-sectional study in young–old and old–old adults

E Attoh-Mensah, G Loggia, P Schumann-Bard… - Drugs & Aging, 2020 - Springer
Background Drugs with anticholinergic properties are commonly prescribed in older adults
despite growing evidence of their adverse outcomes. Several issues regarding these …

Association between anticholinergic burden and constipation: a systematic review

H Rodríguez-Ramallo, N Báez-Gutiérrez, E Prado-Mel… - Healthcare, 2021 - mdpi.com
The association between anticholinergic burden and constipation is not well defined and
documented; for this reason, a systematic review was carried out in five databases (Medline …

Association between anticholinergic activity and xerostomia and/or xerophthalmia in the elderly: systematic review

E Prado-Mel, P Ciudad-Gutiérrez… - BMC Pharmacology and …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this work was to investigate the association between anticholinergic
burden or anticholinergic drug use and xerostomia and/or xerophtalmia in elderly through a …

Identifying and distinguishing cognitive profiles among virally suppressed people with HIV.

EE Sundermann, R Dastgheyb, DJ Moore… - …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Cognitive deficits are common among people with HIV (PWH), even when virally
suppressed. We identified cognitive profiles among virally suppressed PWH and determined …

Are potentially inappropriate and anticholinergic medications being prescribed for institutionalized elderly subjects?

C Bourrel, A Zacarin, V Rousseau… - Fundamental & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The PAAPI project (Optimising Inappropriate Prescriptions in the Elderly) is a multi‐
disciplinary approach put in place by the Toulouse Pharmacovigilance Centre (CRPV) in …