A class of drug commonly used to treat everything from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to depression has now been linked to accelerating the loss of mobility in older age. This adds a new ...

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 ...

Higher anticholinergic exposure was associated with accelerated decline in gait speed (-0.0132 m/s per year) and grip strength in older adults, with effects most pronounced within 4-6 years of ...

Anticholinergics are a type of medication that blocks the action of a neurotransmitter, a chemical messenger in the brain known as acetylcholine. Acetylcholine is responsible for transferring signals ...

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 ...

A new study has found that using pharmacists as deprescribing care coordinators decreased prescription of anticholinergics by 73 percent and reduced cumulative use of these drugs by as much as 70 ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) rings a bell for many, due to its rampant references in pop culture, and more, importantly, its prevalence in today's society. It is only probable that this ...