Stop Using These 20 Medications Because They Cause Memory Loss

All “anti” drugs, such as antihistamines, antibiotics, antidepressants, antipsychotics, antispasmodics, or antihypertensive affect the acetylcholine levels in the body, which is the main neurotransmitter needed for memory and learning.

Its low levels cause blurred vision, memory loss, dementia, delirium, mental confusion, and hallucinations.

Richard C. Mohs, former vice chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, composed the following list which includes 20 drugs which cause memory loss:

• Antibiotics (quinolones)
• Sleeping pills – Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata
• Painkillers – morphine, codeine,
• Insulin
• Chemotherapy drugs
• Epilepsy – Dilantin or phenytoin
• Barbiturates – Nembutal, Phenobarbital, Seconal, Amytal
• Antipsychotics – Mellaril, Haldol
• Parkinson’s disease – atropine, glycopyrrolate, scopolamine
• Benzodiazepines – Xanax, Valium, Dalmane, Ativan
• Quinidine
• Beta blockers
• High blood pressure drugs
• Interferons
• Naproxen
• Tricyclic antidepressants
• Methyldopa
• Lithium
• Antihistamines

In case you use these drugs, you should consult your doctor and find out if they affect your memory. You can always find a healthier alternative, at least another medications or lifestyle changes.

You should be more physically active, take some supplements, and consume some foods beneficial for the brain, in order to lower the load on it.

You should preserve the brain health in order to remain sharp and healthy in general.