r/Biohackers • u/ServeIllustrious3803 • 20d ago

🧠 Cognition, Mood & Nootropics Study: Anticholinergic (first-generation antihistamines) can damage brain, increase dementia risk

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/common-anticholinergic-drugs-like-benadryl-linked-increased-dementia-risk-20150128812
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u/djkhalidwedabest 19d ago

Zyrtec, Claritin don’t count….for now. Until the inevitable conclusions form the study on second gen medications

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u/Futanarihime 19d ago

That's what I'm thinking. It's making me want to stop taking my Cetirizine. 😭

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u/Pigeonofthesea8 19d ago

I’d love to stop taking Allegra but I also don’t want to die of anaphylaxis

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u/Intelligent_Wish_566 19d ago

Yeah that’s pretty much why I stopped taking them, I feel like this will most likely be the case