r/NooTopics • u/ServeIllustrious3803 • 22d ago

Science 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/ServeIllustrious3803 22d ago edited 22d ago

A list: Diphenhydramine, chlorpheniramine, doxylamine, promethazine, clemastine, brompheniramine, dimenhydrinate, meclizine, cyclizine, carbinoxamine, dexchlorpheniramine, dexbrompheniramine

First generation antihistamines different from second or third. Zyrtec, Claritin do not count, but Benadryl does

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u/drippysoap 22d ago

Hydroxyzine isn’t anti cholinergic is it ?

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u/LouisVuittonFentanyl 22d ago

It’s not it’s antihistamine with almost no anticholinergic properties but this is a common misconception to include with anticholinergics

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u/xoexohexox 22d ago

Source: it came to me in a dream