Comparison of the effects of astemizole/pseudoephedrine and triprolidine/pseudoephedrine on CNS activity and psychomotor function

International Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-36

  Stanley, N ^a   Alford, C A ^a   Rombaut, N E I ^a   Hindmarch, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

astemizole D; C EEG monitoring; performance; sedation; triprolidine D

Indexed keywords

ASTEMIZOLE; PLACEBO; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; TRIPROLIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0029985654     PISSN: 02681315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004850-199603000-00004     Document Type: Article

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