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Anticholinergic burden in adult and elderly people with intellectual disabilities: Results from an Italian multicenter cross-sectional study.

Luc Pieter De VreeseUlrico MantessoElisa De BastianiAnnachiara MarangoniElisabeth WegerTiziano Gomiero
Published in: PloS one (2018)
Psychotropics drugs were the highest contributors to the anticholinergic burden in adult and old age ID, especially in those people living in institutional settings with mental health and/or neurological conditions. High anticholinergic load has shown to be associated with the use of laxatives.
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