Open AccessAnticholinergic Drug Exposure and the Risk of Dementia
Author(s) -
Carol Coupland,
Trevor Hill,
Tom Dening,
Richard Morriss,
Michael Moore,
Julia HippisleyCox
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
jama internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14
H-Index - 342
eISSN - 2168-6114
pISSN - 2168-6106
DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.0677
Subject(s) - anticholinergic , medicine , dementia , odds ratio , population , confounding , medical prescription , pharmacology , disease , environmental health
Anticholinergic medicines have short-term cognitive adverse effects, but it is uncertain whether long-term use of these drugs is associated with an increased risk of dementia.
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