title: Over-Prescribed Medications, Under-Appreciated Risks: A Review of the Cognitive Effects of Anticholinergic Medications in Older Adults.
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.
authors.forename: Daniel M I
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Britt
authors.forename: Gregory S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Day
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D018680:Cholinergic Antagonists / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003071:Cognition / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D057970:Inappropriate Prescribing
chemical_list: D018680:Cholinergic Antagonists