Antihypertensive medications are all associated with adverse reactions, and the elderly
patient may be particularly sensitive. In a large longitudinal follow up study in an aged …

Although millions of hypertensive individuals receive chronic treatment with antihypertensive
medication, the effect on the central nervous system by these drugs is poorly understood …

• This double-blind, three-way crossover study measured the influence of β-blocker
treatment on drowsiness and mental test performance in older hypertensive patients and …

All antihypertensive treatments, including placebo, are associated with cognitive side effects.
These side effects are rarely clear-cut and involve mood, quality of sleep, daytime sedation …

A growing proportion of the general population is being prescribed anti-hypertensive
medications for the long-term treatment of essential hypertension. Untreated hypertensive …

The neuropsychological and physical side effects of metoprolol were evaluated in a sample
of 26 essential hypertensives in a double-blind, placebo-controlled experiment. The results …

Psychiatric complications of antihypertensive medications have been identified in the
literature primarily in case reports. Most other studies to date have suffered from major …

This study compared the effects of beta-blockers differing in degree of central nervous
system penetration on Type A behavior and cardiovascular reactivity to mental stress. Forty …

Study objective: To test reports that beta blockers, particularly lipopbilic forms, impair
cognitive function and cause psychiatric disturbances. Design: Randomized, double-blind …

Reviews the neuropsychiatric side effects (NSEs) associated with drugs administered to
relieve hypertension and suggests that, since treatments of hypertension are not curative …