Over-Prescribed Medications, Under-Appreciated Risks: A Review of the Cognitive Effects of Anticholinergic Medications in Older Adults

Daniel M.I. Britt; Gregory S. Day

Over-Prescribed Medications, Under-Appreciated Risks: A Review of the Cognitive Effects of Anticholinergic Medications in Older Adults

Daniel M.I. Britt, Gregory S. Day

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Abstract

Anticholinergic medications are associated with adverse cognitive effects in cognitively normal and impaired individuals, with a greater magnitude of effect observed in individuals with preexisting cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer disease.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	207-214
Number of pages	8
Journal	Missouri Medicine
Volume	113
Issue number	3
State	Published - May 1 2016
Externally published	Yes

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