A study of the long-term impact of anticholinergic drugs, a class of drugs commonly prescribed as antidepressants and incontinence medications, has found their use is associated with increased risk of dementia, even when taken 20 years before diagnosis of cognitive impairment.
An international research team from the U.S., U.K., and Ireland analyzed more than 27 million prescriptions in the medical records of 40,770 patients over age 65 diagnosed with dementia compared to the records of...
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