conditions, and other medications.
What to do: Ask a pharmacist whether your allergy or sleep medicine has anticholinergic effects.
Be careful with combination cold and flu products, which may contain additional ingredients that cause drowsiness or confusion.
- Corticosteroids
Corticosteroids such as prednisone are used to treat inflammatory and immune-related conditions.
They can be highly beneficial when medically necessary.
However, some people experience mood changes, insomnia, agitation, or confusion while taking them.
In rare cases, corticosteroids can cause more severe psychiatric or cognitive symptoms.
The risk may depend on the dose, duration, individual sensitivity, and underlying illness.
These medicines are not
