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That's weird... The following article has a quote from one of the dementia study authors that specifically calls out loratadine/Claratin as an antihistamine tha
by jcl 12y ago
That's weird... The following article has a quote from one of the dementia study authors that specifically calls out loratadine/Claratin as an antihistamine that does not have anticholinergic effects:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11370231/Drugs-like-Nytol-and-Piriton-raise-risk-of-Alzheimers-disease-say-scientists.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/1137023...
- ggchappell 12y agoYep, that's weird.
- aydinhan 12y agoThis article examines and compares the anticholinergic effects of antihistamine drugs. It seems that loratadine has an anticholinergic potency greater than chlorpheniramine which is one of the experimented drugs in the study. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15627436 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15627436