An 80-year-old patient has been prescribed an anticholinergic agent for treatment of Parkinson-related symptoms. What patient education should be provided?
A) "Avoid high environmental temperatures."
B) "Anticholinergics increase mental alertness."
C) "It is safe to take Sudafed for a cold."
D) "You may experience urinary incontinence."
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Anticholinergic drugs decrease sweating and may cause heat stroke. The patient should be instructed to avoid high environmental temperatures. Anticholinergic agents will decrease mental alertness. Sudafed will produce anticholinergic effects and should not be administered. Anticholinergic agents produce urinary retention, not incontinence.
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