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Over-the-counter (OTC) medicine is a common part betweenbyforinintooftouponwith our lives. Many betweenbyforinintooftouponwith us pop betweenbyforinintooftouponwith the local pharmacy betweenbyforinintooftouponwith cold and headache tablets, cough syrups or allergy treatments. Over-the-counter drugs save the need to go betweenbyforinintooftouponwith the doctor's. However, we may be causing ourselves more harm than good betweenbyforinintooftouponwith these convenient cures. A new study published betweenbyforinintooftouponwith the journal JAMA Neurology suggests that many betweenbyforinintooftouponwith these handy medicines have unwanted, and sometimes serious, side effects. Researchers say that such side effects betweenbyforinintooftouponwith older adults who often take widely available OTC medicines betweenbyforinintooftouponwith asthma, aches and pains, insomnia and allergies, etc. include cognitive impairment, dementia and even brain shrinkage.

The study was conducted betweenbyforinintooftouponwith the Indiana University School betweenbyforinintooftouponwith Medicine. Researchers examined the link betweenbyforinintooftouponwith OTC medications and cognition betweenbyforinintooftouponwith "cognitively normal" older people who did not have Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. The scientists found that OTC drugs led betweenbyforinintooftouponwith a lower glucose metabolism, which is crucial betweenbyforinintooftouponwith the brain to be healthy and function properly. Dr. Shannon Risacher said: "These findings provide us betweenbyforinintooftouponwith a much better understanding betweenbyforinintooftouponwith how this class of drugs may act betweenbyforinintooftouponwith the brain in ways that might raise the risk betweenbyforinintooftouponwith cognitive impairment and dementia." She added: "I certainly wouldn't advise my grandparents or even my parents to take these medications unless they have to."