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Memory loss and the drugs that can cause it.
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HealthFacts
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June 1, 2008
- Author:
- Napoli, Maryann
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Memory loss, cognitive impairment, dementia, Alzheimer's disease. As the media frequently remind us, all these problems will soon reach epidemic proportions because more and more Americans are living to an advanced age. Virtually no media attention has been given to the research that is slowly building a case against one large category of prescription drugs linked to a more rapid decline in cognitive function in older people. Known as anticholinergics, these drugs include everything from antihistamines and bronchodilators to blood-thinners and anti-nausea medicines.
The latest study to indict anticholinergic drugs was presented recently at the annual meeting of the ...