The influence of chlormethiazole in comparison to thioridazine on body temperature and postural hypotension in healthy adults and healthy elderly volunteers
| Autor: | S. M. John, S. T. McCarthy, L. Wollner, G. L. McCarthy |
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| Rok vydání: | 1986 |
| Předmět: |
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Male medicine.drug_class Posture Blood Pressure Thioridazine Lorazepam Hypnotic Benzodiazepines medicine Humans Chlormethiazole Aged business.industry Age Factors Lormetazepam Healthy elderly Hypothermia Psychiatry and Mental health Anti-Anxiety Agents Anesthesia Female medicine.symptom Skin Temperature business Body Temperature Regulation medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 73:40-44 |
| ISSN: | 1600-0447 0001-690X |
| Popis: | Certain drugs used to treat the elderly are known to precipitate hypothermia. In this study, the effects of chlormethiazole and thioridazine in producing postural hypotension were compared. In a study of hypothermia in the elderly the effects of chlormethiazole, thioridazine and lormetazepam were examined. Only three patients showed a postural drop following chlormethiazole, while 11 showed a postural drop following thioridazine. Chlormethiazole showed little variation from the control group in the hypothermia study, while thioridazine and lormetazepam caused a fall in temperature. For behaviour control in the elderly and for a short course as a hypnotic, chlormethiazole seems to be safer than thioridazine or lormetazepam. |
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