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Except... you still shouldn't use it because it's an anticolinergic linked to dementia in old age, just like Benedryl.

Thank you, this led me down a really interesting rabbithole about age-related dementia and anticholinergic substances. Best tidbits:

1: "Anticholinergic Accumulation: A Slumbering Interaction between Drugs and Food Supplements" https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bcpt.12437

2: Chart of medicines with high ACB scores (higher is worse) - you will recognize some of these, such as allergy and anti-nausea meds: (pdf warning) https://corumpharmacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Anticho...

Ugh, imodium too.

Yes :( luckily it may be okay, being in the category “Possible anticholinergics include those listed with a score of 1”.

So are most antihistamines.

Everything will kill you, no need to get worked up about the infinitesimal risk.

Most later generation ones can't cross the blood brain barrier.

They can cross the blood brain barrier, but just not as much.

17% vs 77%