Drugs with anticholinergic side-effects in primary care

Yayla E. M., Yavuz E., Bilge U., Keskin A., Binen E.

NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE, vol.18, no.1, pp.18-21, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 18 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.4103/1119-3077.146969
  • Journal Name: NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.18-21
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Anticholinergic drugs in elderly people have been associated with some serious side-effects. Patients in Turkey tend to attend primary care centers to have prescriptions of the drugs they chronically use. However, very little are known about how frequent that these drugs are prescribed and their side-effects in Turkish population. We aimed to investigate the usage and side-effects of drugs with anticholinergic properties in patients over 65 years of age attending to primary care centers.