Pharmacy Times – July 2015

 

Drug Interactions: Insights and Observations

 

Anticholinergic Drug Interactions

John R. Horn, PharmD, FCCP and Philip D. Hansten, PharmD

 

References.

 

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2. Parkinson L, Magin PJ, Thomson A, et al. Anticholinergic burden in older woman: not seeing the wood for the trees? Med J Aust. 2015;202:91-94.

3. Carnahan RM, Lund BC, Perry PJ, et al. The anticholinergic drug scale as a measure of drug-related anticholinergic burden: associations with serum anticholinergic activity. J Clin Pharmacol. 2006;46:1481-1486.