Article: Nursing home residents more susceptible to drug side effects.

Article: Pharmacologic Calvinism: Why Drugs Should Be Used for ...
Internal Medicine Alert;  November 29, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... antipsychotics, and antidepressant drugs have more side effects than the newer hypnotics. In the standard ... However, the antidepressants have cardiotoxic side effects and anticholinergic side effects that make this class of drugs a poor choice ...

Article: Transdermal Oxybutynin reduces overactive bladder symptoms with ...
Urologic Nursing;  June 1, 2002 ;     574 words ... ... and an incidence of anticholinergic side effects comparable to those ... comparable rates of anticholinergic side effects in the 3.9 mg/day ... observed reduction in anticholinergic side effects is the delivery system ...

Article: Watching out for side effects.
McKnight's Long-Term Care News;  February 12, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... referring to are those with anticholinergic side effects. There are some 600 drugs ... cumulatively are causing detrimental side effects. McKnight's LTC News ... homes do to prevent these drug side effects? CANNONE: Administrators ...

Article: Trospium maker reports net loss for first quarter 2004.
Drug Week;  March 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... 1 week of therapy and a significant reduction in urge severity. The most frequent side effects seen in the trial were the common anticholinergic side effects of dry mouth and constipation, with results consistent with our previous studies ...

Article: How Long Should We Prescribe Medications for Agitation in the ...
Psychiatric Medicine in Primary Care;  March 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... homes, but have significant side effects. Haloperidol (Haldol) is ... other movement disorders and anticholinergic side effects, which include urinary retention ... regarding symptoms and medication side effects. Formal assessments were ...

Article: Sepracor Presents At Hambrecht And Quist Conference
PR Newswire;  January 9, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Ditropan(R), while effective, exhibits anticholinergic side effects which include dry mouth and nausea. Sepracor ... studies indicate that S-oxybutynin has no anticholinergic side effects, even when administered at many times the ...

Article: Donepezil for Psychotropic-Induced Memory Loss.
Psychiatric Medicine in Primary Care;  November 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... disorders often experience anticholinergic side effects, such as memory loss ... experience persistent anticholinergic side effects. Jacobsen and colleagues ... patients for treatment of anticholinergic side effects. Patients (n = 22 ...