EFFECTS OF TWO ANTIHISTAMINE-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS UPON PERFORMANCE AT THREE ALTITUDES,

Abstract

In a study of 45 human subjects it was determined that a compound drug containing the antihistamine phenindamine did not statistically impair performance on a modified Mashburn coordinator. Another compound containing the antihistamine chlorpheniramine did impair performance. Performance was also impaired by increasing altitudes. The combined effects of the chlorpheniramine compound and increased altitude proved more detrimental to performance than the sum of the decrements that each influence caused when encountered separately. Although no significant performance decrement resulted from the administration of the phenindamine compound, undesirable side-effects were noted. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0676502

Entities

People

  • Audie W. Davis Jr.
  • E. Arnold Higgins
  • John A. Vaughan
  • P .f. Iampietro
  • Vincent Fiorica

Organizations

  • Civil Aeromedical Institute

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Side Effects

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Parasitology and Pharmacology of Malaria.