anticholinergic medication

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medication
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌmed.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌmed.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/
a medicine, or a set of medicines or drugs, used to improve a particular condition ...
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Prophylactic use ofanticholinergicmedicationwas discouraged although not prohibited.
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All of the patients with atonic bladders had underlying diabetes or were takinganticholinergicmedication.
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These symptoms did not reverse withanticholinergicmedication.
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Four patients also receivedanticholinergicmedication, and 16 were on adjunctive medication.
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However,anticholinergicmedicationwas a predictor of memory impairment, especially with regard to semantic organization.
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Four patients were also prescribedanticholinergicmedication.
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The ' normal ' group had fewer negative and extrapyramidal symptoms, were less likely to be onanticholinergicmedication, and had a greater frequency of socialization in the previous year.
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Four patients also receivedanticholinergicmedication.
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A randomized controlled trial in men of behavioral therapy versus theanticholinergicmedicationoxybutynin (no control group) found similar effectiveness.
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It is a peripherally actinganticholinergicmedicationthat inhibits muscarinic acetylcholine receptors and thus the parasympathetic nervous system.
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Treatment includes bladder training,anticholinergicmedication, electrical stimulation, pelvic floor exercises and surgery.
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The second line of treatment is ananticholinergicmedication.
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Three subjects in each schizophrenia group were taking anticholinergic medications.
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Earlier work using anticholinergic medications yielded unacceptably high side effects in older patients, although there appeared to be some benefit.
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Theanticholinergicmedicationprocyclidine reduces neuroleptic-induced akathisia to a certain degree, in addition to preventing and sometimes eliminating the muscle stiffness that can occur alongside akathisia.
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