Table 3.
Medication Frequencies by Anticholinergic Burden Level
| Top Drugs among Patients with Low Burden (ACB* Score = 1–2) n=1663 | Top Drugs among Patients with High Burden (ACB* ≥3) n=1399 | |||||||
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| Patients with no medication with ACB* Score = 3 (n=386) | Patients with at least one medication with ACB* Score = 3 (n=1013) | |||||||
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| Drug Name | ACB* Score | % of group | Drug Name | ACB* Score | % of group | Drug Name | ACB* Score | % of group |
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| Furosemide | 1 | 28.9 | Furosemide | 1 | 62.7 | Quetiapine fumarate | 3 | 34.3 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 1 | 17 | Metoprolol Tartrate | 1 | 32.6 | Furosemide | 1 | 25.9 |
| Warfarin | 1 | 11.5 | Warfarin | 1 | 31.6 | Oxybutinin chloride | 3 | 15.3 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 1 | 8.5 | Digoxin | 1 | 24.6 | Paroxetine HCl | 3 | 12.8 |
| Risperidone | 1 | 8.1 | Isosorbide mononitrate | 1 | 23.1 | Metoprolol tartrate | 1 | 12.5 |
| Atenolol | 1 | 7 | Metoprolol succinate | 1 | 18.7 | Olanzapine | 3 | 10.2 |
| Digoxin | 1 | 5.9 | Prednisone | 1 | 14.0 | Warfarin | 1 | 9.4 |
| Trazodone | 1 | 4.9 | Fentanyl | 1 | 11.7 | Promethazine HCL | 3 | 8.1 |
| Isosorbide Mononitrate | 1 | 4.7 | Trazodone | 1 | 11.4 | Metoprolol Succinate | 1 | 6.9 |
| Prednisone | 1 | 4.3 | Atenolol | 1 | 11.1 | Atenolol | 1 | 6.4 |
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ACB = Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden