Anticholinergic drugs that are commonly prescribed as antidepressants or for treating incontinence are linked with an increased risk of dementia, even when taken 20 years before cognitive impairment ...

A comprehensive study following more than 4,000 older adults for more than eight years revealed that anticholinergic medications are associated with faster physical decline than what’s typically seen ...

Groundbreaking research reveals that long-term use of common drugs for depression, bladder control, and Parkinson’s could be ...

Common anticholinergics, both over-the-counter and prescription, are tied to a significantly increased risk for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and cognitive decline in elderly individuals with ...

Research on medications commonly taken by older adults has found that drugs with strong anticholinergic effects cause cognitive impairment when taken continuously for as few as 60 days. A similar ...

Can taking certain drugs increase your risk for dementia? That's a question that has dogged anticholinergic medications, which are commonly used to treat an array of conditions, including asthma, ...

Ending the common, but unsanctioned, practice of long-term anticholinergic use to head off extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) associated with antipsychotic medications in patients with serious mental ...

A new study has found that widely used prescription drugs are linked to “nearly a 50% increased odds of dementia” in older adults, researchers say. The authors of the report, which appears in JAMA ...

Among patients with overactive bladder (OAB), anticholinergic medication use appears to be associated with an increased risk of new onset dementia when compared with beta-3 agonist use, according to ...

While you’re focused on eating brain-healthy foods and staying mentally sharp, some medications sitting in your medicine cabinet could be silently undermining your cognitive health. Two widely ...

These days, it seems like there's a pill for everything. But now, a new study is saying some of the most common over-the-counter drugs might be damaging our brains."Wow that's scary," said Kandice ...