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Cardiovascular Responses of Hyperactive Children to Methylphenidate

Ballard, Joyce E.·1976·JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Abstract

Heart rate, blood pressure, and oxygen consumption were measured in 27 hyperactive children during rest, exercise, and recovery, once taking placebo and again taking methylphenidate hydrochloride. Half were measured first taking the drug and half first taking the placebo. Twenty-three matched controls were also measured twice to test for reproducibility of results. Drug and placebo ECGs were recorded on 12 of the subjects. Oxygen consumption did not change (P = .40), but heart rate (P = .001) and blood pressure (P = .003) increased significantly with methylphenidate therapy. There was a significant correlation between size of dose in milligrams per kilogram and increase in heart rate (.38, P less than .05) and blood pressure (.50, P less than .05 systolic) (.46, P less than .05 diastolic). No evidence of the development of tolerance to these drug effects was found in children who had been taking methylphenidate from two months to more than a year. No ECG changes other than tachycardia were seen.

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Authors
Ballard, J. E.
Corresponding author
Ballard, Joyce E.
Venue
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
Published
1976-12-20
Volume
236
Issue
25
Pages
2870
ISSN
  • 0002-9955 (ISSN-L)
  • 0098-7484
OpenAlex
W1973005380
Cited by
72
References
16
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
FWCI
2.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • JAMA (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Pharmaceutical studies and practices
Keywords
methylphenidate, hyperactivity, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, children, heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen consumption, physical activity, drug tolerance, tachycardia, electrocardiographic changes, dose-response relationship
MeSH terms
Age Factors, Blood Pressure, Child, Clinical Trials as Topic, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Electrocardiography, Exercise Test, Female, Heart Rate, Humans, Hyperkinesis, Male, Methylphenidate

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