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Re:Nerve pain drug gabapentin linked to increased dementia, ... by Ey7NFZ3P0nzAe on Friday July 11, 2025 @03:24AM (#44529265)
Wait what? Benzos are not anticholinergic in any sense of the word that I know of.
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Re:Nerve pain drug gabapentin linked to increased dementia, ... by burnt-resistor on Friday July 11, 2025 @03:59AM (#44529478)
My bad, I'm smoking the proverbial crack. Benzodiazepine addiction => fucks up the GABA system. Anticholinergic, anti-dopaminergic, and GABAnergic breaks different delicate bits.
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