Any time you take a medication, weighing the risks and benefits of the drug can be challenging. And today we have to ask ourselves if that drug is one of the drugs linked to dementia and memory loss.

Emerging research is finding disturbing connections between many drugs and negative brain effects. This class of drugs includes popular medications used for allergies, seasickness and sleep.

The thought of memory loss as a result of medications that are supposed to be helping you heal is a scary one, and there are a lot of drug categories that are contributors.  The list includes:

1. Incontinence Drugs

2. Muscle Relaxants

3. Narcotic Painkillers

4. Anti-Seizure Medications

5. Parkinson’s Medication

6. Tricyclic Antidepressants

7. Antipsychotic Drugs

8. Allergy Medications

9. Motion Sickness Medications

If you’re taking any medication for any of those things, we'd urge you to follow this link for an article that lists the specific medications, followed by alternative methods that may help you instead of taking the drugs.