Propranolol Treatment of Assaultive Patients with Organic Brain Disease
- 1 May 1986
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
- Vol. 174 (5) , 290-294
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005053-198605000-00005
Abstract
A double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study was conducted to examine the effects of long-acting propranolol in the treatment of violent behavior associated with organic brain disease in 10 patients whose symptoms had proved refractory to various conventional medications. Long-acting propranolol treatment was associated with reductions of assaultive behavior without apparent sedative effects. Cautions are noted regarding potential undesirable side effects which may necessitate careful patient monitoring during treatment.Keywords
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