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Does anybody know if this also concerns drugs taken with an inhaler? I use an inhaler for allergic asthma and am not sure if the drug is "anticholinergic".
by w23j 11y ago
Does anybody know if this also concerns drugs taken with an inhaler? I use an inhaler for allergic asthma and am not sure if the drug is "anticholinergic".
- daveguy 11y agoI am not a doctor. Consult your doctor. That said, my non-medical grain-of-salt advice. Find out the mechanism of action. 1) If the allergy medicine is "anticholinergic" -- same mechanism of action but not the same drug -- then it may or may not have the same side effects. 2) If it is "diphenhydramine" then it likely does have the same side effects (even if different delivery). 3) If it is a different mechanism of action then it likely will not have the same side effect. If 1 monitor the research, if 3 you probably don't need to worry at all. If 2: talk to your doctor about alternatives. Keep in mind this is just a single study and new evidence may overturn current evidence. But the side significance and magnitude of the effect I would say is cause for concern (again just one study I expect there will be many more).
- hga 11y ago2) If it is "diphenhydramine" then it likely does have the same side effects (even if different delivery). Dose dependency was mentioned, and I'm presuming/hoping taking it by inhaler results in a relatively low dose to the brain....
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y agoPresumably one takes it by an inhaler so that it goes directly to the trachea/lungs/etc instead of having to get absorbed through digestion, get distributed in the bloodstream, survive the liver, and finally make it to the needed areas.
- ams6110 11y agoFTA, there is a chart that purports to list a variety of anticholinergic drugs. http://www.agingbraincare.org/uploads/products/ACB_scale_-_legal_size.pdf http://www.agingbraincare.org/uploads/products/ACB_scale_-_l...?