Synonyms for anticholinergic
ˌæn tɪˌkoʊ ləˈnɜr dʒɪk, -ˌkɒl ə-an·ti·cholin·er·gic

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1. anticholinergic, anticholinergic drugadjective

   a substance that opposes or blocks the action of acetylcholine

   Synonyms:
   anticholinergic drug

   Antonyms:
   cholinergic

2. anticholinergicadjective

   inhibiting or blocking the action of acetylcholine at a receptor site

   "anticholinergic drugs"

   Antonyms:
   cholinergic

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1. Douglas Scharre:

   I spend a lot of my time in the memory disorder clinic seeing geriatric patients and taking people off medications, mostly ones that have anticholinergic properties, and many times there can be another drug out there that has less anticholinergic impact or is non-anticholinergic that may work, some of the medications that they list in the study may be quite critical and important and are well worth the person taking for their seizures or their psychosis, and so it's a risk-benefit discussion.

2. Martin Rossor:

   It is important to be cautious about associations, as they do not prove causation, for example, depression is common before the onset of dementia, and so those individuals receiving an antidepressant drug with anticholinergic effects may already have a disease such as Alzheimer's disease that will lead to dementia 10 years later.

3. Alain Koyama:

   Since the pathology underlying any effect of anticholinergic drugs on cognitive function likely takes years to manifest, if a patient is clearly benefiting from a drug in the short-term, but may not survive in the long term, any cognitive harm from the drug may be inconsequential, on the other hand, a healthier patient particularly concerned about future dementia risk, whether because of family history or other reason, may consider alternative treatments.