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 ...

Kaiser Permanente Washington scientists report that higher cumulative anticholinergic exposure predicted a faster decline in gait speed and grip strength among older adults. Older adults frequently ...

Last week’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention includes a report on anticholingeric poisoning from the consumption of jimsonweed in July ...

The Anticholinergic Drug Scale (ADS), developed by Boustani et al., was created to address the issue of anticholinergic burden. This term refers to the cumulative effect of using multiple medications ...

The United States and Canada have no formal guidelines for managing acetaminophen poisoning, which is characterized by hepatocellular damage and potential liver failure, which can be life-threatening.

Some research has found a link between the risk of dementia in older adults and a class of medications that includes Benadryl. But there’s no research to suggest that taking Benadryl when younger can ...