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Study examines the side effects of Alzheimer’s disease dementia drugs

September 3, 2020

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In a first of its kind study, a University of Houston researcher is examining two common drugs used for dementia in patients with Alzheimer’s disease to determine the extent to which they don’t mix well together and cause a cascading event of side effects, prompting the need for even more medications. The medications are cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs) like donepezil, which curbs dementia symptoms and antimuscarinics like oxybutynin, which treats urinary incontinence, often caused by taking the ChEIs.

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