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Originally Posted by Discombobulated
I haven’t taken topamax but it was one of the drugs they considered for my migraines, I’ve since read about the link to cognitive dysfunction and even possibly dementia. I would refuse this drug with this knowledge and urge anyone on it to carefully research the long term effects.
It scares me what irreversible long term effects many medications can have.
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Me too. I've been doing some reading about anticholinergic drugs and a possible link to dementia. There are a lot of them, prescribed for anything from allergies, motion sickness, Parkinson's, asthma, gastrointestinal issues, etc.
Here is a list of some of them.
https://www.healthline.com/health/anticholinergic
I was worried initially, because I have severe respiratory allergies and take an antihistamine to be able to breathe. Fortunately, I'm on a second-generation one. It's the older ones that are considered problematic.
A lot of drugs have anticholinergic effects, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of awareness.