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Neuropsychiatric effects of cardiovascular drug therapy
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Neuropsychiatric effects of cardiovascular drug therapy - Keller S, Frishman WH. - Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York 10595, USA.
Various cardiovascular drugs have been shown to have neuropsychiatric effects that can be harmful or therapeutically beneficial to patients.
As an example, both sedation and mental depression have been described in patients receiving centrally acting antihypertensive drugs and beta-adrenergic blockers, related to their antiadrenergic actions. In contrast, because of these antiadrenergic actions, agents like clonidine have been used to treat opiate, alcohol, and nicotine withdrawal, while beta blockers have been used to treat symptoms of performance anxiety, migraine, and psychocardiac disorders.
Some antiarrhythmic drugs have been associated with delirium, …. hallucinations, mania, euphoria, and depression. …. Since neuropsychiatric symptoms are seen in patients with cardiovascular disease, clinicians should be aware of the possible relationship between these symptoms and concurrent cardiovascular drug therapy.
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ACE inhibitorsAnti-arrhythmia drugs
Beta blockers
Blood thinners
Clonidine
Vasodilators