Anticholinergic syndrome
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Synopsis
Implicated medications include anticholinergics such as atropine, benztropine, and scopolamine; antihistamines such as diphenhydramine; antipsychotics such as clozapine and quetiapine, antispasmodics such as dicyclomine and oxybutynin; tricyclic antidepressants such as amitriptyline and imipramine; and muscle relaxants such as cyclobenzaprine.
Some plants such as Jimson weed (Datura stramonium) and deadly nightshade, also known as belladonna (Atropa belladonna), have anticholinergic properties.
Related topic: poisoning caused by sedative
Codes
T44.3X1A – Poisoning by other parasympatholytics [anticholinergics and antimuscarinics] and spasmolytics, accidental (unintentional), initial encounter
SNOMEDCT:
216593002 – Accidental poisoning by anticholinergic
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Last Updated:07/06/2023