Anticholinergic medicines: practice considerations and alternatives

This article provides a practical approach to identifying drugs that increase the anticholinergic burden and recognise risks and adverse effects. Suggestion will be offered to assist with decisions about providing alternatives, continuing, or stopping drugs with anticholinergic effects. By Dr Jenny Gowan PhD, Grad Dip Comm Pharm, FPS, FACPP, AACPA and Dr Louis Roller PhD,