Many drugs commonly prescribed to the elderly have anticholinergic properties. Due to the current clinical use of drugs with mild-to-modest anticholinergic activity, the clinical manifestations of ...

While it’s certainly helpful for finding relief in a pinch, experts say there could be some adverse long-term effects ...

Anticholinergic drugs are drugs that block the action of acetylcholine—a chemical messenger in your brain that plays a role ...

Although bronchial hyperresponsiveness to cholinergic agents is a main feature of asthma, the role of anticholinergic drugs in chronic asthma management has been largely underestimated.

Cognitive decline can range from mild memory issues to severe dementia, with Alzheimer’s disease being the most common form.

A new study from the University of California, San Diego has found that a common class of drugs may increase the risk of ...

Scopolamine, a belladonna alkaloid, is an anticholinergic. Scopolamine acts: i) as a competitive inhibitor at postganglionic muscarinic receptor sites of the parasympathetic nervous system ...