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. 1994 Feb;37(2):165–172. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1994.tb04256.x

Psychomotor performance and antihypertensive treatment.

L Kalra 1, C G Swift 1, S H Jackson 1
PMCID: PMC1364593  PMID: 8186062

Abstract

1. The aim of treatment of hypertension is prevention of cardiovascular complications without adverse drug reactions. Psychomotor performance can be measured objectively yet there remains uncertainty concerning the psychomotor effects of antihypertensive drugs during chronic treatment. This uncertainty is partly due to the confounding adverse effects of cerebrovascular disease and hypertension itself. There are as yet insufficient good quality data on psychomotor effects with which to differentiate between the commonly used agents. However, in general, the beneficial effect of lowering blood pressure tends to more than offset any adverse effects of the agent used.

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