Effects of diphenhydramine and alcohol on skills performance.
Twelve men were subjects in a repeated measures experiment on the effects on performance of diphenhydramine, alcohol, and diphenhydramine and alcohol in combination. Behavioral measures included compensatory tracking, a divided attention task, information processing rate, and critical tracking. Performance impairment occurred under all treatments with an additive effect under the combined drug-alcohol treatment.
D000328:Adult; D001519:Behavior / Q000187:drug effects; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004155:Diphenhydramine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008328:Man-Machine Systems; D010919:Placebos; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000187:drug effects; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000187:drug effects
D010919:Placebos; D000431:Ethanol; D004155:Diphenhydramine