Summary
The growing medication use in all ages led to the fact that 20% of the US adult population take five or more drugs (polypharmacy). Over 500 medications commonly prescribed in polypharmacy (e.g., antidepressants, urinary antispasmodics, and psycholeptics) possess anticholinergic (AC) properties blocking the muscarinic signaling of neural regulation. Due to the scattered distribution of muscarinic receptors in the body, AC medications have a wide range of side effects. Besides the most severe central toxicity of cognitive impairment, dyskinesia, and psychosis, which can lead to delirium, the mos
