Did anyone know risk of dementia from taking popular COPD ASTHMA inhalers use to treat lung disease.
Guess that’s why doctors not really intrested in treating those with lung dieases proactivly AS if lung diease don’t get us drugs used to treat it increas risk of use developing dementia.
One could argue that’s why research is vitally important as this loads of kids take asthma inhalers SO what about there future kids given what we know about errors pass on in our DNA.
Additionally anticholinergics notably improve exercise tolerance in patients with COPD.
Two commonly used anticholinergics in patients with COPD include ipratropium bromide (Atrovent) and tiotropium bromide (Spiriva).
Shocking part of story IS doctors know anticholinergics cause dementia and have done for years.
I don't know about you but given this snipet of information MAKE me wonder if my cognative inpairment is down to copd lack of oxygen
Or anticholinergics burdon inhalers used to treat my copd lung disease.
You dont want to ask about mysterious copd FALLs and what they know about anticholinergics burdun falls.
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This has been on BBC news today. I dare say, they've known this for some time. Again, we aren't considered priority, in informing. I've been given Spiriva as an extra 3rd inhaler. Very dry mouth n cough with it so, was considering coming off it. This makes the decision easier. Ta. 😊✌️🌻
Here is caption re anticholinergics and copd inhalers
Also i will add even tho am no expert THE lay person can tell if suffering from anticholinergics overload given so called unknown falls incontinance.
But hey what would i know really.
Medicines specifically prescribed for their anticholinergic properties (eg. oxybutynin, benzhexol and benztropine) are well recognised by clinicians.
However, clinicians may be less aware that some medicines prescribed for other purposes also have anticholinergic properties (Table 1).2,6–8 These include the inhaled anticholinergics, ipratropium and tiotropium bromide when prescribed in their usual therapeutic doses. Even medicines with minor anticholinergic properties may contribute to unwanted central and peripheral adverse events.
Never heard this before....My Grandmother died of Alzheimers so I already have the family risk....would have been nice to know about this risk as well. Thanks for posting!
I'm in the US and have heard nothing here as well. I take the Atrovent combo in my nebulizer....so it is a higher dose although I have the puffers as well....and used to take the Spireva inhaler too.
I don't think our new Pres cares too much about sick people when they are older.....he came into office and raised medical insurance beyond what people could afford.....especially those that are sick and used and needed it.
I know lung dieases asthma dont discriminate AND those who can afford to take action DO if aware.
Then things usally drip down the line .. sorry to hear about health care system or lack OF and insurance companies have lot to anser for AS am sure this will be like CF and how they rip those suffers off when it comes to insurance.
"The biggest effect was in drugs used for bladder disorders; such as oxybutynin and tolterodine; antidepressants, including amitriptyline and paroxetine; and Parkinson's disease, including benzatropine and procyclidine.
The study did not find an increased dementia risk from anticholinergics commonly used for stomach cramps, hay fever and travel sickness."
"But the new study — which was led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) in the United Kingdom and is now published in The BMJ — discovered that long-term use of only certain types of anticholinergics is linked to higher dementia risk."
Thanks Pete....It says that nortriptyline has lower AC affects. I took that for panic attacks back in my thirties for many years....but then I see pain killers to which I have had to take for brief periods as well.....like when I had my ankle crushed in a car accident.....I guess there is little possibility to escape things like this completely.....
Ive known about this for a while and it's one reason, with dementia in the family, why I haven't wanted to take anticholinergics (Spiriva etc). I'll be sticking with my Symbicort. Good to hear that Ceterizine used for hay fever etc isn't a risk.
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