Anticholinergic treatment

Treatment of catatonia with an anticholinergic agent.

Svejgaard A, Ryder LP (1¢)76): Interaction of HLA nmle-cules with non-immunological ligargls as an exp~ of HLA and disease. Lancet ii:547-549. To the Editor: In their recent overview, "'Benzodiazepines and Ca:atonia," Menza and Harris (1989) describe numerous theories regarding the response of catatonic symptoms to benzodi~zepines. Among these, they state that, "[Llow doses of GABA agonists red...

Tiotropium in asthma: back to the future of anticholinergic treatment

Asthma is among the most common chronic diseases worldwide; however, despite progresses in the understanding of the patho-physiological mechanisms and advances in the development of new therapeutic options and strategies, the disease remains uncontrolled in a not trivial proportion of subjects. Thus, the need of new molecules to treat the underlying biological and functional abnormalities and t...

Anticholinergic Medications for the Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

burden of COPD and that they address any demographic disparities in patients’ use of resources. These data would help clinicians and other health care professionals in developing disease-management programs that best suit a specific population. Bronchodilators are the mainstay for managing the symptoms of COPD. They may be prescribed on an as-needed basis at early stages of disease, but typical...

Anticholinergic Activity and Schizophrenia.

In this article, we review the downregulation of acetylcholinergic activity in schizophrenia and discuss the similarity and difference between Alzheimer's disease (AD) and schizophrenia in terms of acetylcholine (ACh) and anticholinergic activity (AA); then, we propose the use of cognition-enhancing therapy for schizophrenia. As ACh regulates an inflammatory system, when the cholinergic system ...

Anticholinergic agents in cicutoxin poisoning.