Cholinergic stimulation is behind many important functions, mainly in the brain and the neuromuscular system. On the other hand there are drugs with anticholinergic effects in use for many conditions.There are some methods to evaluate what is called the " Anticholinergic Load " - which should summ up in a friendly clinical way the over all anticholinergic effect posed by each such drug., This may be very useful - mainky for ederly patients who are more susceptable to anticholinergic effects .
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Article Evaluation of anticholinergic burden of medications in older adults
A problem of the assessment of anticholinergic load by means of serum assays is the different degree with which the respective substances penetrate to the CNS.
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