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Neuropsychological effects of antihypertensive drugs
J Wurzelmann1, W H Frishman, M Aronson
1Department of Medicine, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York.
Cardiology Clinics
|November 1, 1987
Abstract:
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 population, beta-blockers were shown to have caused no greater impairment of cognitive function or mood when compared to a control population. alpha-Methyldopa did interfere with some measures of neuropsychological functioning.