AidsmapThe use of anticholinergic medication is associated with recurrent falls in people living with HIV, Dr Jessica Doctor from Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in London told the virtual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2022) yesterday. Anticholinergics also appeared to be associated with frailty.
Anticholinergic medications are commonly prescribed to treat mental health conditions, urinary incontinence and allergies. However, many different medications confer some degree of anticholinergic effect. In fact, what these drugs have in common is that they block a body chemical – acetylcholine – which is involved in major functions of the nervous system, such as attention, urination, intestinal transit and heart rhythm regulation.
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