The Association Between Vascular Risk Factor‐Mediating Medications and Cognition and Dementia Diagnosis in a Community‐Based Sample of African‐Americans

Abstract

These data suggest that the use of medications to ameliorate vascular risk factors, particularly antihypertensive medication, may also be useful in reducing the risk of cognitive impairment in older subjects. However, they also suggest that physicians should be cautious in prescribing antihypertensive drugs with centrally acting sympatholytic properties to older subjects.