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Anticholinergic antiparkinson agents

What are Anticholinergic antiparkinson agents?

Anticholinergic antiparkinson agents or acetylcholine antagonists block the muscarinic acetylcholine receptors and cholinergic nerve activity. Activation of muscarinic receptors has an excitatory effect, opposite to that of dopaminergic activation, so suppression of the effects of acetylcholine compensates for a lack of dopamine in Parkinson's disease. Acetylcholine and dopamine have to be carefully balanced for proper body movement. Anticholinergic agents create a better balance between acetylcholine and dopamine. Anticholinergic agents are used to treat patients with Parkinson's disease who have tremor.

List of Anticholinergic antiparkinson agents

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Drug Name Avg. Rating Reviews
diphenhydramine systemic (Pro)
Brand names: Allermax, Banophen, Benadryl, Benadryl Allergy, Benadryl Children's Allergy, Complete Allergy Relief, Compoz Nighttime Sleep Aid, Dicopanol, Diphedryl, Diphen, Diphenhist, Dormin, Dytuss, Nytol, Scot-Tussin Allergy, Siladryl Allergy, Silphen Cough, Simply Sleep, Sleep-ettes D, Sleepinal, Sominex, Twilite, Unisom SleepGels, Unisom SleepMelts, Valu-Dryl
5.5
 543 reviews
benztropine systemic (Pro)
6.7
 37 reviews
trihexyphenidyl systemic (Pro)
6.5
 24 reviews
For ratings, users were asked how effective they found the medicine while considering positive/adverse effects and ease of use (1 = not effective, 10 = most effective).

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