A study on prescriptions contributing to the risk of high anticholinergic burden in adults with intellectual disabilities: retrospective record linkage study

A study on prescriptions contributing to the risk of high anticholinergic burden in adults with intellectual disabilities: retrospective record linkage study

Abstract Background People with intellectual disabilities may face a disproportionate risk of experiencing high anticholinergic burden, and its negative sequalae, from a range of medications, and at younger ages than the general population, but there has been little previous study. Our aim was to de...

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Main Authors: McKernan Laura Ward, Sally-Ann Cooper, Angela Henderson, Bethany Stanley, Nicola Greenlaw, Christine Pacitti, Deborah Cairns
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-10-01
Series:Annals of General Psychiatry
Subjects:
Intellectual disabilities
Anticholinergic burden
Polypharmacy
Psychotropics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12991-022-00418-x

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