Table 4 - Medications associated with dysphagia
From the following article
Head and neck disorders affecting swallowing
Timothy M. McCulloch and Debra Jaffe
GI Motility online (2006)
doi:10.1038/gimo36
Antibiotics |
Anticholinergic medications and medications with anticholinergic side effects |
Antispasmodics (atropine, benztropine) |
Scopolamine |
Diuretics (furosemide, hydrochlorothiazide) |
Opiates |
Antipsychotics (mesoridazine, clozapine, perphenazine, thioridazine) |
Antiparkinsonian (amantadine, benztropine, biperiden, trihexyphenidy) |
Antidepressants (amitriptyline, clomipramine, doxepin, imipramine, nortriptyline, protriptyline |
Antihistamines (chlorpheniramine, cyproheptadine, dexchlorpheniramine, hydroxyzine, clemastine, diphenhydramine) |
Second-generation antihistamines (cetirizine, fexofenadine, loratadine) |
Antiulcer medications (cimetidine, famotidine, ranitidine) |
Cardiovascular medications (captopril, digoxin, dipyridamole, isosorbide dinitrate,) |
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors |
Antipsychotics |
Local anesthetic agents |
Botulinum toxin type A |