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Use a rating scale for anticholinergic burden from medications

by Vimal Aga, MD Board-certified Geriatric psychiatrist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR In any person, especially an older adult, who presents with cognitive impairment (including dementia), the list of the person’s medications should be systematically reviewed to identify medications that have significant anticholinergic activity. In most cases, a high…

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