Drug-List Anticholinergic Score (German and CRIDECO Lists)
Anticholinergic burden summed from an open drug list, by drug name.
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Example
- Scale
- German ACB score (Kiesel 2018)
- Drugs by generic name, one per line or separated by commas
- amitriptyline, furosemide, tiotropium
Result: German ACB score (Kiesel 2018): total 5 from 3 listed drugs.
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What you enter
- Scale
- Drugs by generic name, one per line or separated by commas
How this is calculated
Citation
Kiesel EK, Hopf YM, Drey M. An anticholinergic burden score for German prescribers: score development. BMC Geriatr 2018;18:239, Table 4. Ramos H, Moreno L, Perez-Tur J, et al. CRIDECO Anticholinergic Load Scale. J Pers Med 2022;12(2):207, Table 4. Both CC BY. Read the sources: Kiesel 2018 (German ACB) ↗, Ramos 2022 (CRIDECO) ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.