Key result
Acute ethanol consumption reduced systolic blood pressure responses to the cold pressor test and handgrip exercise, and depressed both systolic and diastolic responses to methoxamine infusion.
Why the study?
Does ethanol consumption reduce blood pressure reactivity to physiological and pharmacological stimuli in normal male subjects?
Population
8 normal male subjects
Comparison
Ethanol consumption vs Without prior ethanol consumption
Design
Other
Authors
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Acute ethanol may blunt BP reactivity in healthy men; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Does ethanol consumption reduce blood pressure reactivity to physiological and pharmacological stimuli in normal male subjects?
Acute ethanol consumption blunts blood pressure reactivity to physiological stressors and alpha-adrenergic stimulation in healthy men.
Lambie et al. (1987) studied Healthy volunteers (n=8). Ethanol consumption vs. Without prior ethanol consumption was evaluated on Blood pressure responses to the cold pressor test, handgrip exercise, and intravenous methoxamine. Acute ethanol consumption reduced systolic blood pressure responses to the cold pressor test and handgrip exercise, and depressed both systolic and diastolic responses to methoxamine infusion.
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