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

Year: 2016

Type: review

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.

Source: PubMed

Authors: Daniel M I Britt, Gregory S Day

Language: English

Topic: Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes

Subfield: Geriatrics and Gerontology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging

Awards: Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences, Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences, Antecedent Biomarkers for Alzheimer Disease: The Adult Children Study

OpenAlex ID: W2518367223

FWCI: 0.454

Cites: 85

Cited by: 22

Related to: 10