Anticholinergic burden and polypharmacy in patients referred from primary care to tertiary dementia centers in Brazil
Most individuals referred from primary care in Brazil were using at least one medication with anticholinergic effect and this was correlated with cognitive severity. Educational measures for primary care physicians, focusing on the management of pharmacological treatment, are essential to reduce the anticholinergic load in this context.
Authors
- Wyllians Vendramini Borelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9282-0601)
- Elaine Calumby Teixeira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6429-9310)
- Carolina Rodrigues Formoso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1512-3850)
- Raphael Machado Castilhos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1905-2084)
- Gabriella Corrêa Dousseau
- Márcia Lorena Fagundes Chaves (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1940-4043)
- Sônia Maria Dozzi Brucki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8303-6732)
Institutions
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (BR)
- Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (BR)
- Hospital Santa Marcelina (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Dementia & Neuropsychologia
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-5764-dn-2024-0246
- Primary Topic
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Alzheimer's Association