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Do we need to avoid hydroxyzine in older adults?

Comment from a Member: There is more evidence to suggest that hydroxyzine does not possess clinically significant anticholinergic activity at therapeutic doses than there is evidence that it does. I haven’t found any. Fact no. 1: Hydroxyzine has only weak anticholinergic activity, which is an advantage (Orzechowski et al., 2005). Fact no. 2: The anticholinergic…

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