Reduction of Anticholinergic Medications Among Persons With Schizophrenia or Other Psychiatric Disorders

Shared decision making between the patient and prescriber will determine the timing and speed of reduction over a period of 12 to 16 weeks. Some patients will be discontinued from these anticholinergic medications (benztropine/trihexyphenidyl), others will be tapered from their original dosage but not completely discontinued, and some patients may not be able to taper the anticholinergic medications at all.