Restricted sedation and absence of cognitive impairments after administration of intranasal scopolamine

Discussion:
Results show that intranasal scopolamine did not impair cognitive performance. Intranasal scopolamine might be a good alternative to promethazine for the alleviation of space motion sickness, since the agent has minimal sedative effects and does not hamper cognitive performance.

Source: Journal of Psychopharmacology - November 27, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Weerts, A. P., Pattyn, N., Putcha, L., Hoag, S. W., Van Ombergen, A., Hallgren, E., Van de Heyning, P. H., Wuyts, F. L. Tags: Original Papers Source Type: research