Anticholinergics implicated in morbidity and dementia

[DavidS]

I may not have the heading quite right, but I'll alter it later if necessary.

Basically it appears from the news today BBC News - Warning over combining common medicines for elderly that the elderly are more at risk of dementia and death if they are taking anticholinergics: the risk is different depending on the drug.

And the more they take.......

Here is a pdf giving the "complete" list

Anticholinergics+study+drug+list.pdf

[Nik]

A lot of the drugs in the severe category were to be expected I suppose. Interesting the carbamazepine seen as a moderate drug.