Anticholinergic Drugs Increase Your Risk for Dementia

While dementia and Alzheimer's disease are primarily diet- and lifestyle-driven, certain medications can also ramp up your risk.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• While dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (the most advanced, severe and lethal form of dementia) are primarily diet- and lifestyle-driven, certain medications can also ramp up your risk

• One of the riskiest classes of drugs are anticholinergic drugs, prescribed for a wide variety of conditions, including depression, incontinence, insomnia, …