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View Post: Bentyl drug interactions precautions
17 Nov 2009 by admin  
Anticholinergic agents may affect gastrointestinal absorption of various drugs, such as slowly dissolving dosage forms of digoxin; increased serum digoxin concentration may result. Anticholinergic drugs may antagonize the effects of ...
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View Post: Do Anticholinergic Agents Suppress Uterine Peristalsis and ...
19 Dec 2007 by Nakai, A., Togashi, K., Kosaka, K., Kido,...  
Before and after injection of an anticholinergic agent, 60 serial half-Fourier rapid acquisition with relaxation enhancement MR images were obtained within 2 minutes in the midsagittal uterine plane. ...
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View Post: H Panji Irawan: Syncope
28 Nov 2009 by FX  
Has anticholinergic, peripheral vasoconstrictive, and negative inotropic effects. Decreases conduction velocity and myocardial excitability. Anticholinergic agents. May be of benefit in patients with neurally mediated syncope. ...
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View Post: USPharmacist.com > Schizophrenia: A Review of Pharmacologic and ...
19 Nov 2009
Akathisia can be treated either by lowering the antipsychotic dosage or with benzodiazepines or centrally acting beta-blockers such as propranolol; dystonia and pseudoparkinsonism can be treated with anticholinergic agents such as ...
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View Post: Pharmacist.com
Drugs with anticholinergic properties harmful in ...
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View Post: The Management of Side Effects
21 Sep 2009 by The Causeway Retreat  
In many instances it has been common practice to prescribe an anticholinergic agent along with a neuroleptic, when the neuroleptic is first given – that is even before side effects have appeared. The rationale for this has been that the ...
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View Post: NPS News 66: Managing urinary incontinence: National Prescribing ...
9 hours ago
Head-to-head comparisons suggest that anticholinergic agents have similar efficacy; however immediate-release oxybutynin is more likely to cause dry mouth than immediate-release tolterodine (available on private prescription).[28,29] ...
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View Post: anticholinergic agents, cognition and heat-related illness. rgh e ...
29 Jul 2009 by Robbo  
the study found that in those patients who were also prescribed an anticholinergic agent, the average deterioration in mmse at one year was 4.2 points and at two years 7.0 points, compared to 2.3 points and 3.1 points, respectively, ...
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View Post: Nasonasal reflexes, the nasal cycle, and sneeze
26 Nov 2009 by Dr.Thomas Antony  
Anticholinergic agents appear useful against this limb for symptomatic relief of a "runny nose." Chronic exposure to allergens can lead to hyperresponsiveness of the nasal mucosa. As a result, receptors upregulate specific ion channels ...
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View Post: Can You Take Motion Sickness Medication With Tylenol Or Advil Pm?
5 Nov 2009 by Fall Asleep Fast  
MANAGEMENT: Caution is advised when agents with anticholinergic properties are combined, particularly in the elderly and those with underlying organic brain disease, who tend to be more sensitive to the central anticholinergic effects ...
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