Why the study?
Do antihypertensive drugs affect psychomotor performance in patients with hypertension?
Do antihypertensive drugs affect psychomotor performance in patients with hypertension?
While data on specific psychomotor effects of different antihypertensives are lacking, the benefits of blood pressure reduction generally outweigh potential adverse psychomotor effects.
Psychomotor effects should not drive antihypertensive selection; leaves open need for targeted comparative trials.
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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