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. 2022 Jan 24;12(2):196. doi: 10.3390/biom12020196

Table 1.

Anticholinergic and sedative burden of candidate drugs. Top repositioned drugs with anticholinergic burden or sedative load are shown. Drugs are categorized as high, moderate, low, and no anticholinergic burden and sedative load based on the ACSBC cumulative scale. References of scales and metrics used in the categorization are included.

Drug Name Anticholinergic Burden Sedative Load
Quetiapine Moderate [76] Moderate [77]
Aripiprazole Low [78,79,80] Moderate [81]
Risperidone Low [76,78,79,80,82,83,84,85,86,87] Moderate [77]
Suvorexant No High [77]
Olanzapine Moderate [76,82] Moderate [77]
Travoprost No [79] No
Betaxolol Low [76,79,88] Low [77]
Ibuprofen No [79,80,89] Low [77]
Trifluoperazine High [78,82] High [77]
Trazodone Low [76,78,79,80,82,84,86,87] Moderate [77]
Doxepin High [78,79,83,89,90] Moderate [81]