Safer Prescribing in Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD): Reducing Anticholinergic Burden
Aims: NICE guidelines (NG97) emphasize the importance of assessing the anticholinergic burden of medications in older adults. Anticholinergic side effects of medications can worsen constipation, urinary retention, sedation and confusion, exacerbating cognition, falls and BPSD risks.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2025-06-01
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| Series: | BJPsych Open |
| Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S205647242510402X/type/journal_article |
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