Reducing the Anticholinergic Burden

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Lecture Overview

Medicines with anticholinergic effects are commonly used by older people for many clinical conditions, including Parkinson’s disease, depression and urinary incontinence, among others. However, taking one or more anticholinergic medicines can potentially result in severe consequences such as falls, cognitive decline and even death. In this lecture, pharmacist Dr Jenny Gowan discusses the impacts of anticholinergic medicines on health outcomes and provides strategies for reducing these risks.

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Jenny Gowan View profile
Dr Jenny Gowan is a practicing pharmacist, adjunct senior lecturer at Monash University and clinical associate at RMIT University. She has published over 500 educational articles, has copious experience in presentations and lectures and runs a consulting pharmacy company. Jenny was awarded the 2013 PSA Australian Pharmacist of the Year award and the 2016 AACP-MIMs Consultant Pharmacist of the Year Award.
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CPD time23m
First Published07 December 2022
Updated07 December 2022
Expires
07 December 2024
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Medications
Pharmacy
Clinical Assessment
Chronic Illness