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Table 2 Anticholinergic medications with an ACB score, and doses (n = 42)

From: Anticholinergics and benzodiazepines on cognitive impairment among elderly with Alzheimer’s disease: a 1 year follow-up study

Medicine

ACB score

N (%) of cases

Dose

N (%)

Mean (SD), median

Dose (mg) per day

Quetiapine

3

23 (54.8)

24.54 (14.21), 25.0

6.25

3 (7.1)

12.50

13 (31.0)

25.00

17 (40.5)

50.00

8 (19.0)

Aripiprazole

1

7 (16.7)

3.75 (1.46), 5.0

1.25

2 (10)

2.50

7 (35)

5.00

11 (55)

Trazodone

1

3 (7.1)

62.5 (13.36), 62.50

50.00

4 (50.0)

75.00

4 (50.0)

Hydroxyzine

3

2 (4.8)

3.67 (.75), 3.5

3.00

3 (50.0)

4.00

1 (16.7)

4.50

2 (33.3)

Othersa

7 (16.6)

  1. aIncluding risperidone, cetirizine, clozapine, codeine, desloratadine, loratadine, and olanzapine