Many Alzheimer's patients get drugs with opposing effects, study finds
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 16:30
in Health & Medicine
You wouldn't brake your car while stepping on the gas -- or wash down a sleeping pill with espresso. Yet many people taking common Alzheimer's disease medications -- cholinesterase inhibitors -- are given medications with anticholinergic properties, which oppose their effects. Scientists investigated how often that happens and reported on the consequences in a new study.