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

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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